Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Clinical profile in Sickle Cell Disease Patients
SCD is seen in younger patients in Sudurpashchim Province, especially Kailali and Kanchanpur Districts with Tharu communities are more affected. Major systemic manifestations of SCD include pain crisis, hemolytic crisis, acute chest syndrome, hepatopathy and AVN of hip. The government of Nepal should implement policies focus for treatment and pain management within the current health system, to minimize, control, and prevent the high burden of SCD in the Tharu communities.
Authors
- Hem Raj Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9300-3594)
- A Mandal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5089-1206)
- Yogendra Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0820-4556)
- Bishnu P. Marasini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6153-5234)
- Sher Bahadur Kamar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9485-7846)
- Shyam Prakash Dumre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4072-0745)
- Pramod Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5949-6643)
- Kishor Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0619-9108)
- Basu Dev Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7992-7586)
- Ankit Kumar Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-5930)
- Pradip Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1662-5959)
- G.R. Joshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1393-5276)
- Eak Dev Khanal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2452-2039)
Institutions
- Planetary Science Institute (US)
- Tribhuvan University (NP)
- Asahi Kasei (Germany) (DE)
- Social Welfare Department (HK)
- Ministry of Health and Population (NP)
- Nepal Health Research Council (NP)
- Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital (NP)
- Nagasaki University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v23i02.4702
- Primary Topic
- Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00