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A hereditary disease is a disease that is passed from one generation to the next through DNA (genes).
It may also be called a genetic disease.
A few examples:
* Huntington's disease * sickle cell anemia * Tay-Sachs disease * Duchenne muscular dystrophy * color blindness
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoAn hereditary disease is one that is passed from parent to child through their genes. One example of a disease that is almost always inherited is hemophilia. Hemophiliacs' blood does not clot normally therefore, a cut can be very dangerous. The scariest part of this is that a hemophiliac can have internal bleeding and not even know it!
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∙ 13y agothis is the type of a disease that can be transmitted from the parents to the offsprings. Basically it's a genetically transferred disease.
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∙ 13y agoDiseases such as Diabetes or certain cancers, like Prostate cancer; these can be passed down to the children of people who suffer from them.
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∙ 12y agothey are diseases which are passed on from parents to offprings through the gene some of these disease include sickle cell anemia etc
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∙ 9y agoHereditary is a person holding position by inheritance.
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