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Re: Blood supplies short -- give if you can.
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Originally Posted by Daseal
I have the sickle cell. Well, I'm sold on it. I read it on WebMD. My doctor told me I couldn't have it because I'm not black, I called him a racist and stormed out.
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Sickle-cell disease occurs more commonly in people (or their descendants) from parts of the world such as sub-Saharan Africa, where malaria is or was common, but it also occurs in people of other ethnicities.
Well it could happen if you have any Africans in your family tree...?
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