Supacell rose to the number one spot in Netflix's global TV series list and remained in the top 10 for six weeks. The show, in which five newly minted superheroes adjust to their new powers, is prompting important conversations about sickle cell disease.
Supacell has people talking about sickle cell disease . What is it? Who does it affect? And how common is it in Australia? Supacell has people talking about sickle cell disease . What is it? Who does it affect? And how common is it in Australia?Many Australia-based devotees who spoke to ABC News binged the show, but one Melbourne-based 'Supafan' said she was holding off on watching the last episode because she couldn't "bear for it to end".
"I'm still getting messages from young people and parents about how they now feel empowered to talk about it with their friends. "And what we're seeing now with changes in the diversity mix in and in other countries, is that people that appear lighter skinned but are mixed race are turning up at hospital with sickle cell and being told, 'Well, you can't have sickle cell…it can't be that because you're not Black.'"Ms Shutt is thrilled that popular culture has brought SCD into people's consciousness because it can help educate the community, but also medical professionals.
"The parents feel guilty sometimes because they're well, because if you have one normal copy and one sickle copy, then you're fine.Andrew Perkins is professor of haematology at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and professor of cancer genomics at Monash University."However, with sickle cell the red blood cells are literally a sickle shape, so it's like a banana shape.
"It's often brought on by something simple, like a cold or a mild respiratory tract infection. Or these days, COVID."
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