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5 Steps to Safer Blood Transfusions if You Have Sickle Cell Disease
source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
year: 2021
summary/abstract:If you have sickle cell disease (SCD), you may need one or more blood transfusions (healthy blood from a donor put into your body) during your lifetime. During a blood transfusion, your blood and the donated blood must have matching antigens, or special proteins on the surface of each red blood cell.
If the antigens in your blood and the donated blood do not match, your immune system (your body’s ability to fight germs) may attack the new blood. This transfusion reaction can cause serious health problems. Below are steps you can take for safer blood transfusions.
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