Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department

Sickle Cell Disease in the Emergency Department June 26, 2017 By: Mary Hulihan, MPH, DrPH, CDC Guest Blogger and Mandip Kaur, MPH, CDC Guest Blogger "You're too pretty to have a disease," declared the nurse in the emergency department (ED) dismissing Constance Benson's reports of unbearable pain, a byproduct of her sickle cell disease (SCD). Constance is just 1 of about 100,000 people in the United States who have sickle cell disease. Many of these people require care in the Emergency Department.  Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page.

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