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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.
How can doctors and genetic counselors calculate the probability of a child inheriting a disease?
the punnett square
If you had a child die from SIDS can your granddaughter have the same problem?
No, SIDS is not a heredity or genetic disease.
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.
What are the causes of hereditary diseases?
Genetic mutations passed from parent to child cause hereditary disease.
A child is diagnosed with a rare genetic disease neither parent has this disease how was the disorder inherited?
Recessive is carried by both parentsIn simplest terms, the disease is recessive, so two copies of the gene that cause it are necessary. Both parents have only one copy of the gene, so, they don't have it, but are carriers. A child gets half his or her genes from each parent. If the child gets the bad gene from each parent, the child will have the disease. There is a 25% chance of this happening with every child these parents have.
One way to determine before a child is born whether it will have an inherited disease?
Genetic testing of the parents can help identify if they are carriers of the disease, which increases the risk of passing it on to their child. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) can also be done during in vitro fertilization to screen embryos for genetic diseases before implantation. Consultation with a genetic counselor can provide guidance on testing options.
Why is it that two normal parents could have a child with pku?
PKU, phenolketonuria, is a genetic disease caused by a recessive gene. So, a person with one normal and one faulty gene for this characteristic will not have the disease, you have to have two faulty genes to have the disease. If two people who each have one gene for PKU have a child, that child can inherit the gene from each parent and therefore will have two copies, causing the recessive trait to manifest.
How a a person can get the asthma disease?
Through genetic genes or develop it through child or adult hood :D
Can a child get sickle cell at the age of sixteen?
Sickle cell disease is a genetic condition that a child inherits from their parents, and symptoms typically manifest in early childhood. A child cannot "get" sickle cell disease at the age of sixteen if they do not already have the genetic traits for it. However, if a person has the sickle cell trait, they may not show symptoms until later in life, but the underlying genetic condition is present from birth. Therefore, a child diagnosed with sickle cell disease at sixteen would have had it since birth, but symptoms may not have appeared until later.
Is type 2 diabetes a genetic disease?
Yes. If you have type 2 diabetes, your child is more likely to have it than a child of a person with type 1.
If you have a genetic disease is it certain that your children will have it?
No. If it is transmitted on a recessive gene, it is possible to be a carrier, but not have the disease. If transmitted on a dominant gene, then the odds of any one child getting the disease are 50-50.
