can an unborn baby pass sickle cell to its mother?

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can an unborn baby pass sickle cell to its mother?

2006-10-30 21:17:44 · 3 answers · asked by eddienut 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases

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No, but the mother may pass it to the child genetically (not via the placenta)

2006-11-01 10:28:32 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Sickle cell isn't an infectious disease, it's an inherited genetic condition. If anything, it goes the other way.

2006-10-30 21:33:47 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

No, it's an inherited thing and so passes from parent to child not the other way around.
http://www.sicklecellsociety.org/education/sicklecell.htm
Read that.

2006-10-30 22:51:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋