MAY WE CONSIDER OUR HEALTH DESPOSITION BEFORE WE PROCEED ON THAT VACATION?

In the year 2000 I used to know one young guy of may be over 18 years but look just 13 year A nice young guy who goes his own way.

One day I woke up early on a cold wet, raining morning around 5a.m suddenly, it was a Saturday morning and I don’t normally wake up until about 7-8am on weekends only to discover that it was the mother of the boy’s shout that I heard.

What happened? The boy that early wet cold morning was found to have died in his sleep

That was the day I heard that the young man was a sickle cellar (what people in medical line call sickle cell anemia).

Today when I was thinking of the ember month that we entered into on September and today is the second of October 2015, I realized that the end of the year 2015 is almost on us and the Christmas season is here again.

A lot of people may want to move out of their location to go on vacation during this season and they may need to choose their location carefully especially if they have a health issue.

The Heath Issue I will consider vis-à-vis choice of location in this write up is those that have this kind of health challenge

SICKLE CELL ANEMIA PATIENT AND CHOICE OF VACATION LOCATION

A sickle cell anemia is a kind of blood disease that affects that affect children born by parents who are AS OR SS BLOOD Group. I am not a medical person so that is the only way I understand to explain it. I do not have it but I have had friends who had it, I have had friends whose children or one of their children have.

The guy I mentioned earlier who died during the raining season of 2000 was a neighbor’s son, and it was his mother that told me that he was a sickle cellar and that it must have been the cold season that caused his death because he always have more crisis during the cold season and I have seen a lot of those that have this disease take extra care always be in very warm place during wet season.

5 THINGS A SICKLE CELL ANEAMIA PATIENT MUST CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING HOLIDAY OR VACATION LOCATION.

1.      The weather of the area where they want to go on vacation:- This is necessary so that the person can go with the appropriate dressing that will always keep him warm for that season

2.      The choice of food:- From what I learnt from those who are parents that are taking care of the children that have this kind of health challenge they must be careful what they eat.

Their food must be more of protein and vegetables and fruits therefore, wherever a person that have such health challenge is going to for holiday they must be able to get healthy balance diet to eat.

3.      The Medication:- They must take their medication along in case of suddenly health crisis and they must check before living to their holiday or vacation location that they find their prescribed drug there if there is ever a need for them to want to buy.

4.      It is important for them to have access to fund in case they will need more money than they physically carry with them when they were living for their vacation.

5.      Do not go on vacation or on holiday all alone:- Finally, it is not advisable for such person to go on holiday or on vacation all alone. Such a person with such health challenge should always have someone trusted to be with him or her to keep him or her company so that someone that understand the person’s health history can be there to explain for those that might want to help in case of health crisis.