Sentences with phrase «sickle cell anemia get»

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When two individuals with sickle cell trait mate with each other and produce children, one quarter of the children will get a «double dose» of the trait and, therefore, suffer from sickle cell anemia.

Although most people only get transfusions once or twice in their lives (if at all), individuals with conditions like sickle - cell anemia require consistent blood transfusions of red cells.

A child of parents who each possess one copy of the sickle - cell trait has a one - in - four chance of inheriting both sickle - cell alleles — and thus getting sickle - cell anemia.

In the 1970s, many blacks were denied jobs and insurance coverage because they carried a gene for sickle - cell anemia, including those who lacked the two copies of a mutation necessary to get sick.

People with Sickle cell anemia and other types of serious anemia should expect to get a Sub-Standard rating.