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How do you care for a baby suffering from sickle cell?
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See pediatrician: Must be followed by pediatrician-hematologist. Depending on blood counts and the amount of sickle hemoglobin present, antibiotics may be required. Special concern for fever and yellowness--jaundice.
Answered 1/14/2015
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