According to the Consultant Haematologist, the rush to catch up with the academic seasons could become stressors in persons living with sickle cell, noting that such students should adopt a behavioural modification pattern to curb the sickle cell crisis.ahead of the 2022 World Sickle Cell Day themed: Sickle Cell Disorder: Importance of Self Care, noting that students living with sickle cell should find ways to avoid the stressors.
Aneke said, “What I recommend is behavioural modification if it is possible. What this means is that you adjust your daily routine to make sure that it doesn’t place you where you are so pressured. “For example, normally as a student, if you don’t utilise your daytime very well, you’d want to do crash a programme at night during exams but a sickle cell patient may not successfully do that because those are likely triggers of crises.
“What I advise is make sure you do something that will help you get the minimum number of hours of sleep a day. So, use your daytime very well then at night you should make sure you get at least six hours of sleep,” he said.