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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about sickle cell disease.
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Ignore: Ask you hematologist if you can benefit from any medication to reduce frequency of crisis.
Answered 12/21/2016
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Ignore: Ask for an hemoglobin electrophoresis if you have a family history of sickle trait or disease.
Answered 10/9/2017
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Ignore: Ask your doctor about the options for a bone marrow transplant for you or your child.
Answered 5/20/2014
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