• Female
• 5 Years
• 19/05/2023

Question

How to prevent your children from having sickle cell disease?

Answered by 1 Apollo Doctors

Dr Yusuf Mohammad

General Practitioner

• MBBS
• 8+ Yrs

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One cannot prevent sickle cell anemia during natural conception. However, if parents go for IVF then it can be prevented to a certain extent.

Dr. Yusuf Suggests...

Take a CARDIAC ENZYMES (CPK, CKMB, AST, LDH) Test or Take a RED CELL COUNT (WITH MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW) Test

Book CARDIAC ENZYMES (CPK, CKMB, AST, LDH) TestBook RED CELL COUNT (WITH MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW) Test

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