If you or the person you choose to have children with, ... have hereditary spherocytosis, you have a 50/50 chance of your child inheriting the gene. I have hereditary spherocytosis and the odds I was given was 50/50 and all four of my children have the disorder. My oldest and youngest had it the worst and had their spleens removed at age 5. My two middle children...the older of them had hers out when she was 11 and my 10 year old still has her spleen at age 10. Good luck. Don't let this disorder stop you from having children. They have ways to deal with the disorder in the medical field.
In most cases spherocytosis is an inherited condition. It is caused by a genetic mutation that is considered a recessive trait.
Yes you can. I also smoke weed and have spherocytosis. Helps with my nausea, jaundice, fatigue etc. Very helpful medicinal remedy.
Marfan's Syndrome Hereditary spherocytosis Neurofibromatosis There are several others, but those are 3 good examples.
Following are three consequences of defective cytoskeletal proteins in red blood cells; 1. Hereditary Elliptocytosis (HE) 2. Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS) 3. Hereditary Stomatocytosis (HSt)
There are two diseases for which a splenectomy is the only treatment--primary cancers of the spleen and a blood disorder called hereditary spherocytosis (HS).
There are two diseases for which splenectomy is the only treatment--primary cancers of the spleen and a blood disorder called hereditary spherocytosis (HS).
There are many genetic mutations that affect the hemoglobin itself, the best-known of which is sickle cell disease. Such hereditary disorders as spherocytosis weaken the outer membrane of the red cell.
Increased MCHC could be indicative of hereditary spherocytosis. A family history of the this disorder can help in diagnosis. Other causes of increased MCHC are hemolysis, lipemia, and cellular dehydration syndromes.
If a disease is hereditary then once you get it your kids or there kids get it. Because it is in your genes.
It depends on whether the cause of the deafness is hereditary or environmental. If it's hereditary then probably.
The usual cause of abnormal hemolysis in newborn is blood group incompatibility between mother and baby either Rh or ABO. Other causes are much less common-hereditary spherocytosis, thalassemia, G6PD deficiency etc.
Yes, it is a hereditary disease.