WTOP/Luke Lukert

WTOP/Luke Lukert

WTOP/Luke Lukert

WTOP/Luke Lukert ( 1 /4) DC sickle cell treatment center sees funding boost

It is described as intense pain shooting throughout your body and has had a history of misdiagnosis and complications as patients are constantly traveling to emergency rooms to seek relief.

An upgraded center at Howard University Hospital, now with new funding from the District, hopes to better handle patients suffering from sickle cell disease.

“It’s something that you have to feel for yourself,” Ayanna Johnson, a patient with sickle cell told WTOP.

“It’s a horrible pain, but it’s so much worse than that, because it also deals with your mental state. You have to be really strong to deal with that amount of pain. It’s the amount of pain you wouldn’t wi

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