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wo examples of such diseases: Sickle cell disease which is genetically transmitted. Both parents have the defective genes and each child has a 1 in 4 chance of having the disease. There is anemia and during sickle crisis, fever, jaundice and severe joints pains. Currently, no curative treatment is available, but pain killers and blood transfusion will keep them right.

The second disease which can be transmitted from the is congenital (present at birth) syphilis. There is a rash on the baby, jaundice and enlarged liver could be present and there may be bone abnormality. Fortunately, congenital syphilis is now rare and curative treatment with antibiotics is available. If the mother has antenatal treatment, the disease can be prevented in the baby.

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Q: Find out the diseases which are passed from parents to offspringHoe are they carried and how can they be treated?
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