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Ever wonder what it's like to live with sickle cell disease? Step into Josephine's shoes and find out why a close blood type match is crucial
Red blood cells have markers called antigens. If a sickle cell patient gets blood with antigens that don’t match theirs, their body can react badly
Anyone with matching antigens can be a donor for sickle cell patients, regardless of ethnicity. However, because blood type is inherited, a closer match is more likely to be found among donors of similar ethnic ancestry.