Out of Balance: Gut Bacterial Makeup May Exacerbate Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
American Physiological Society (APS)An overabundance of the bacteria Veillonella in the digestive tract may increase pain in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD). Researchers from Howard University will present their findings today at the American Physiological Society’s Physiological and Pathophysiological Consequences of Sickle Cell Disease conference in Washington, D.C.