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How can two healthy people have a baby that is born with cystic fibrosis?
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∙ 12y ago
Because when two people with cf get together they can cross contaminate each other. They will pass on nectaries to one another and make their condition worst
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo they can't. An episode of Grey's just dealt with it.
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∙ 13y agoThey can (I know a family with 3 CF's) but I have always lived without any CF contact and I am very healthy, so I wouln't advise it.
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∙ 12y agoTwo people with Cystic Fibrosis are not usually advised to have close contact due to cross infection.
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∙ 13y agoYes absolutely. They live pretty normal lives like anyone else but the life can be shorter.
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∙ 12y agoIt's possible to carry the CF gene but not actually have CF. When two carriers have a baby together the baby can have CF.
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Can someone have a baby with Cystic Fibrosis at age fifteen?
Yes. A person can have a baby with cystic fibrosis at any age.
What is the ratio of people with Cystic Fibrosis?
According to the Cystic Fibrosis Trust's website:Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases.Cystic Fibrosis affects over 9,000 people in the UK.Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population.If two carriers have a child, the baby has a 1 in 4 chance of having Cystic Fibrosis.Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food.Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis.
Why can Cystic fibrosis be inherited even if neither parent has the disease?
Cystic Fibrosis is an example of a disease inherited as an autosomal recessive genetic disorder. Both parents of a baby who has Cystic Fibrosis have one abnormal recessive gene and one normal dominant gene and are therefore, Cystic Fibrosis carriers. Carriers are said to be heterozygous because they contain one normal copy of the gene and one abnormal copy. A baby who inherits cystic fibrosis has inherited the abnormal gene from both parents and is therefore said to be homozygous recessive.
What is the Salty Baby disorder?
Perhaps cystic fibrosis?Cystic Fibrosis-- Final answer. CFTR channels malfunction and Chloride cannot exchange with bicarb at the epithelial surfaces exposed to the environment. Chloride then gets stuck outside the environment.
What is the inheritance pattern for the cystic fibrosis allele what is the reasoning for this conclusion?
If both parents have the gene, the chances are 25% of having a child with Cystic Fibrosis. The male and females x genes are affected by it and only half of it. So when the parents mate and they are going to have a baby, the chances are 25%
You have cystic fibrosis will your baby have it?
that depends on the father, if he also has CF then yes, if he is a carrier then 50%ish will be, if he is not affected in any way, then no but they will be carrers.
How can you get cystic fibrosis?
For a baby to be born with Cystic Fibrosis, both parents must be carriers of the faulty CF gene. Where both parents carry the faulty gene, each child has a one in four chance of having CF, a two in four chance of being a carrier and a one in four chance of not having any CF genes.
Your wife is your mothers sisters daughter can you have a healthy baby?
Probably. BUT, there is also the possibility of compounding any genetic disease that the family has--such as Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis and the like. Check with your state laws to see if marrying a first cousin is legal.
Are women beyond a particular age more likely to give birth to a baby with cystic fibrosis?
Yes but depending on your age and the risk you are willin to take
How do you know if your baby has cystic fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis can be detected days after birth in several ways: Babies can present with symptoms particular to CF or they can be screened for CF as part of a state/provincial health policy. The 'sweat' test is often used as a determinant of CF.
Is cystic fibrosis a genetic dosorder?
Yes it is. For a baby to be born with Cystic Fibrosis, both parents must be carriers of the faulty CF gene. Where both parents carry the faulty gene, each child has a one in four chance of having CF, a two in four chance of being a carrier and a one in four chance of not having any CF genes.
Is cystic fibrosis geneitc?
Yes it is a genetic disorder. For a baby to be born with Cystic Fibrosis, both parents must be carriers of the faulty CF gene. Where both parents carry the faulty gene, each child has a one in four chance of having CF, a two in four chance of being a carrier and a one in four chance of not having any CF genes.
