Twenty one other collegiate football players have died with a cause of death linked to the sickle cell trait.

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Because she and my father both have the sickle cell trait, she was aware that I may have the disease.

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Who decides whether the risk is too high if say he has a sickle cell trait, but not the disease itself?

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There are several common hemoglobin disorders such as sickle cell trait and the thalassemias that are generally asymptomatic and generally of no consequence to the patient having it, but patients can have erroneous HgA1C measurements.

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