Well-known Nigerian musician Adekunle Gold has revealed that he’s nonetheless battling sickle cell disaster.
He made this identified in a video of his newest interview shared on social media.
Sharing his experiences, the 38-year-old musician stated, “I nonetheless have crises.”
Whereas lamenting the ache brought on by the disease, Adekunle Gold disclosed that he has been on lifelong medicine since he was 5 years previous.
Advising the general public on the significance of genotype testing, he famous: “My imaginative and prescient is to make extra noise about it as a result of lots of people don’t learn about it, and the vital organisations don’t make a lot strikes relating to it”.
“The place sickle cell is extra widespread or the place folks understand it most is my nation Nigeria. And it occurs when an SS matches an SS. And that’s why realizing your genotype is essential as a result of the purpose is you shouldn’t deliver many extra children which have sickle cell.
“Sadly for me, my mother and father are sickle cell and so they introduced me to the world. The primary time I ever heard of sickle cell was I might fall sick each time with my joints paining me. So after we speak about disaster, it’s pains in your joints, my legs and generally abdomen. It’s actually loopy.
“The primary time I observed that I had it was the evening I fell sick and my dad wasn’t house and my mum put me on her again and we walked miles to the hospital. I don’t keep in mind how previous I used to be, possibly like 5 or 7. That was when the physician instructed me about it, and so they instructed me that I will probably be taking folic acid and B advanced for the remainder of my life. And that’s my life for a really very long time even until now.
“I nonetheless have crises now and again however not as dangerous as I had it after I was a baby, you realize possibly as a result of I’ve discovered a technique to deal with myself extra correctly. And I’m grateful to God for the assets to have the ability to try this.”
