Self-administered Acupressure in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease

This study will help the investigators learn whether acupressure, a non-pharmacological alternative treatment approach, can help manage pain in patients with sickle cell disease. Acupressure involves the application of pressure stimulation at specific acupoints on the body. Acupressure may help relieve pain and is used for a wide variety of pain conditions. Participation in this study will consist of remote self-administered treatment every other day over 5 weeks, followed by 6 months of remote follow-up visits. During participation, subjects will: 1) receive detailed instruction on locating treatment acupoints and completing study procedures remotely, 2) be assigned a treatment kit, 3) answer questions about their personal and health-related information for assessing their health condition before, during, and after the treatment during follow-up sessions, and 4) collect inner eyelid images for examining the hemoglobin level on a weekly basis at steady phase and daily basis during acute vaso-occlusive crisis stage.