SICKLE CELL DISEASE, OVERSHADOWED NOW, TORTURES MANY

Post-Tribune (IN) | September 17, 1989 | Copyright

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Three hundred years ago, Africans in what is now the country of Ghana called it "haidudui," which means the body-chewing disease. Modern science now calls it sickle cell disease - but the ancient word might be more precise.

"Have you ever had a toothache? Imagine a toothache pain in your arm, your stomach, your chest, anywhere. It's the same pulsing, beating pain," said Frank Williams, 26, of Mitchellville, Md.

Williams suffers from sickle cell disease - an incurable malady that sometimes is overshadowed by other national ...

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