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Describes the symptoms of sickle cell anemia that tend to get somebody hospitalized?
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Pain: Pain in bones and joints is the most common reason a person with sickle cell anemia would seek hospital care. Less common, but much more serious, is pneumonia, infection and stroke.
Answered 7/29/2018
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