title: Managing the problem of pain in adolescents with sickle cell disease.
abstract: Sickle cell disease can be particularly painful during adolescence for several biomedical and psychosocial reasons that lead to an increase in the number of vaso-occlusive episodes. These can cause pain and tissue damage. Nurses must be aware of the range of pharmacological and psychological approaches available to help these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Trust, London.
authors.forename: Neill
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Westerdale
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jegede
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy