Hydroxyurea does not reduce ovarian reserve, or the quantity and quality of eggs in the ovaries, in girls and young women with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to a direct analysis of ovarian tissue. These findings suggest measures to preserve fertility may be unnecessary before hydroxyurea treatment. “This…
While most adolescent boys and young men with sickle cell disease (SCD) report wanting biological children in the future, few are aware of the impact their disease and its treatments can have on their fertility, a small, pilot U.S. study suggests. Similar knowledge gaps were found for these patients’…
Until Teonna Woolford faced her own infertility after a haploidentical (half-match) bone marrow transplant, she hadn’t given’t much thought to the lack of awareness and resources for sexual health across the sickle cell disease (SCD) community. Hospital stays, liver failure, and a hip replacement surgery were already part…
Some treatments for sickle cell disease or cancer can destroy germ cells that later develop into sperm, putting young boys at risk of reduced fertility in adulthood, a study suggests. These results could lead to a change in treatment guidelines, giving healthcare providers who are treating prepubescent boys the…
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