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INDIANAPOLIS — 20-year-old Sarah Holdcroft is a pageant girl through and through. But don't let the stigma of that fool you.

"We really need to start talking about it. It's a subject that needs to be taught more, it's not just some one sentence in some science book that you learn about," Holdcroft said. Holdcroft is cared for by Dr. Jacob, director of the Comprehensive Pediatric Sickle Cell Program and team at Riley Children’s Health."When I am feeling pain, my biggest is in my hip. It feels like someone is stabbing me repeatedly over and over again," Holdcroft said.

"With every battle comes a warrior, and every day is truly a battle with sickle cell," Holdcroft said."It's really a disease that's been met with a lot of neglect overtime. That neglect has turned into healthcare disparities, poor access to treatments and availability of donors for transplant and the list kind of goes on," Dr. Jacob said."African Americans Hispanic Americans are predominately affected with the disease.

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