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If you mother and father are both sickle cell carriers what are the chances that you will not have the trait?
It is impossible to predict what will happen with one person! In a population of 2,000 people, 1,000 women have sickle cell trait and 1,000 men do not. They marry. Each couple has 2 children. 1,000 children will have sickle cell trait and 1,000 children will not. In a population of 2,000 people, 1,000 women have sickle cell trait and 1,000 men have sickle cell trait. They marry. Each couple has 2 children. 1,000 children will have sickle cell trait, 500 children will not, and 500 children will have sickle cell anemia. No one knows which of those parents will produce which children. No one knows how to predict how your children will turn out.
Does sickle cell effect children?
yes it does
What is requires for a person to have sickle cell disease?
The person is homozygous for the trait
Can sickle cell anemia affect growth?
Children with sickle cell anemia may have delayed growth and reach puberty at a later age than normal
what if the father has sickle trait, does that mean the baby will have it?
If one parent has sickle cell trait and the other parent has the normal type of hemoglobin, there is a 50% (1 in 2) chance with EACH pregnancy that the baby will be born with sickle cell trait.
Do you capitalize sickle cell anemia?
There are some people in the society who try to capitalize the chronic illnesses like the sickle cell anemia. But then they are the ones who take care of the children and not you.
You are a black female with beta thalassemia minor trait both of your children have this trait can sickle cell anemia trait partner effect their children also?
If you have beta thalassemia trait and your partner has sickle cell trait there is a 25% chance of your child having sickle beta thalassemia.
What are the chances of a person having a sickle cell disease passing the disease to their offspring?
If one represents a sickle cell gene thus "C" and a normal gene thus "O" then both parents are: Mum CO Dad CO The possibilities for their children are therefore CC OO CO CO in those proportion so 1in 4 will have sickle cell anaemia, 2 in 4 will be carriers (like their parents) and 1/4 will be normal.
Is sickle cell disease inherited in biracial children?
what's biracial mean
Why is sickle cell called a sickle cell?
The shape of the cell is misshapen.
Is sickle cell required by law to be tested for in all children?
No. Not all children will have it. Only those of African decent.
What did Angella D Ferguson do?
Angela Ferguson studied sickle cell disease for children
