Tiffany Salako was diagnosed with the condition when she was a baby
An Oldham teen whose condition means she lives in constant pain relies on a hundred people a year to keep her alive.
Tiffany, who is studying A-Levels at Oldham Sixth Form College, said: “It has been hard to miss a lot of days just hanging out with my friends and missing school when I haven’t felt well. I had to do my GCSEs when I was on strong painkillers which was really tricky. Tiffany has to have all her blood replaced by donor blood every six weeks, a procedure known as a red cell exchange.
New figures have revealed that demand for blood to treat sickle cell patients has gone up by more than 50 percent since 2016. This rise is driven by the greater use of red cell exchanges. This is clinically safe but can put them at risk of potentially life-threatening reactions. It also makes it even harder in the long term to find blood they can receive.
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