Frequently asked question: Can you tell beforehand how sickle cell disease will develop in a specific case?

How the disease develops is different for every patient. In some patients, the disease develops less severely than in others. If you have sickle cell disease, important organs such as your brain, heart, kidneys, and liver may be damaged over time, and the treatment of your disease sometimes also causes damage. Although homozygote HbSS sickle cell disease and HbS beta 0 thalassemia sickle cell disease are often the most severe forms, there are also major differences in the symptoms and complications within these groups.

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