The combination of haemoglobin genes you & your significant other pass on can result in one of three possible outcomes: 🧬✨️Inheriting the sickle cell trait (a carrier status) 🧬✨️Developing sickle cell disease 🧬✨️Neither inheriting the trait nor developing the disease.

There are no symptoms for sickle cell trait and the only way to know is by testing to know your genotype Mortal Crescents Hematology & Oncology Society of Uganda here on Radio One FM90

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Knowing Your HB Genotype Matters! 🌟🌸♥️Mortal Crescents' site is up :) 🔗mortalcrescents.com If you are in Uganda, do not hesitate to check it out to Locate A Lab & go test to know your Haemoglobin Genotype 🧪🧫 #SickleCellAwareness #Uganda

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