17. Sickle Cell Disease: Chapter 1 (Sickle Cell Anaemia Trait Carrier)

Between 12,500 and 15,000 people live with sickle cell disease in the UK. Mwape is a carrier of the Sickle Cell Anaemia trait who lives with the same symptoms as someone who has been fully diagnosed with Sickle Cell Disease. What does it mean to be a carrier and what is life like being a carrier? We hope you enjoy this episode. What is SEP? Silent Elephant Project (SEP) gives marginalised life limiting and long-term health conditions a platform, through creative and interactive projects. ‘An elephant in the room’ is an English-language metaphorical idiom for an obvious problem no one wants to discuss, or a condition no one wants to challenge. This phrase has coined the main objective of the SEP. For more info - http://www.silentelephantproject.org/