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Is Huntingtons disease a hereditary bleeding disorder passed from mother to child?
No. While it is a hereditary disease it is not at all a bleeding disorder, nor is it only passed by the mother. It is a degenerative, neuropsychiatric disease that can be passed by either the mother or father. If the parent has it, the child's chance of inheritance is of the faulty gene is 50%.
What are the causes of hereditary diseases?
Genetic mutations passed from parent to child cause hereditary disease.
Can hereditary diseases appear in a child despite the fact that neither parent shows any signs or symptoms of the disease?
Yes. It is possible to carry the gene(s) for a hereditary disease without the disease ever being expressed. The chance of a child inheriting the disease, rather than just being a carrier like its parents, depends on the disease and on whether one or both parents has the gene. A genetic counselor or clinical geneticist would be able to give the chances for a child having a specific disease.
Is there a disease where an adult has the mentallity of a child?
yes but its not a disease its just a mental disorder
How can parents that don't have a disease produce a Child with a disease?
Viral, bacterial, or hereditary? In viral diseases, the virus can just be dormant in the parents, but in the child it isn't.
What are Professionals who help couples understand their chances of having a child with a particular genetic disorder are called?
A professional who helps people understand their chances of having a child with a genetic disorder is called a geneticist.
How can hereditary disease affect a child?
in the spleen because that is the most active part of the body besides the heart
Is huntington's disease a chromosome disorder?
Yes- it is transmitted from parent to child by a chromasome.
How are hereditary diseases carried?
A hereditary disease is carried because one of the parents has broken DNA (meaning, the DNA is not normal and the loss of one part of the DNA caused the hereditary disease), and that broken DNA is copied to every cell in the body, and when the two sex cells join together, there is broken DNA in one of the sex cells, thereby officially passing the hereditary disease to the next child.
2 A child is diagnosed with a rare genetic disease Neither parent has the disease How might the child have inherited the disorder?
Both parents are carriers of the recessive gene and if the child inherits that gene from both mother and father the child will have the disease even though the parents don't.
Salient complications for a child with a musculoskeletal disorder?
Obvious complications and symptoms dealing with a bone disease
What are the chances of getting a child with polio if husbands father is polio affected?
Polio is not an inherited disease; it is an infectious disease caused by a virus.
