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Why do females face eating disorders more than males?
In many modern countries today, women are pressured to lose weight and meet the standards of models, some of which are totally unrealistic. Males are under less pressure to do this, generally, but there are males with eating disorders. One example is men who are jockeys, they have to maintain a certain weight, and some resort to eating disorders and compulsive exercise to do so.
Sex linked disorders are caused by males' having?
Sex-linked disorders are caused by genes located on the sex chromosomes, particularly the X chromosome. Since males have only one X chromosome, mutations in genes on this chromosome are more likely to be expressed in males compared to females who have two X chromosomes. This is why sex-linked disorders are more commonly seen in males.
What is the main reason sex linked disorders are the most often observed in males?
Males are most likely to have the disorder.
Why can females but not males carriers of sex linked genetic disorders?
Several genetic disorders are caused by genes on the X chromosomes.
What are some common causes of white hair with black roots in males?
Some common causes of white hair with black roots in males include genetics, aging, stress, and certain medical conditions like alopecia areata or thyroid disorders.
Why are males often affected more than females by sex-linked genetic disorders?
males have only one X chromosomes
Why do more males end up with sex-linked disorders?
More males than females end up with sex-linked disorders because of the y chromosome. It is shorter than the x-chromosome, and increases susceptibility to these problems.
Why are genetic disorders more prevalent in males?
In X-linked genetic disorders (such as Duchenne's muscular dystrophy), males are usually more affected than women because they only carry one X chromosome. If the genetic mutation is on one X in a woman, the mutation is "turned off" (X inactivation), which is ok because they have another X chromosome to compensate. In males you cannot "turn off" the X, because you only have one, so you may get the full phenotype of the disease (all the relevant symptoms). For autosomal disorders (chromosome 1-22), gender differentiation may just be random, and not actually connected to the sex of the person. However, males may have worse symptoms in some diseases, but the biological basis for this is case specific.
Does mental disability affect females more than males?
The actual statistics are impossible to identify, but different illnesses appear to be more prominent in males than in females and vise-versa. For example: Schizophrenia appears to be more dominant in males than in females during early life, but then switches during puberty and switches again during adulthood and so on; OCD appears to be equal in which gender is prominent; and Autism-Spectrum Disorders appear to be more prominent in males. It is best to identify a specific illness and find the gender prevalence rates within that illness as each illness is different and has different traits which may only appear in males and some which may only appear in females, with some being prominent in males and some in females.
What are names of disorders?
This question is too vague to give a specific answer. Psychotic disorders are classified into specific groups. Here are a few examples though, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, personality disorders, somatoform disorders. If you want me to be more specific then, schizophrenia, OCD, ADHD, PTSD, panic disorders, bipolar, borderline, munchausen, anorexia nervosa, cyclothymic, major depressive, et cetera. If you're really interested, check DSM-IV for further information.
What are the disorders of specific gravity?
strange gravity?
What is more likely to happen to males because they have only one X chromosome?
sex-linked disorders
