What genetic diseases should new parents know about?

Thalassemia

Popular genetic diseases, always number 1, confirmed by the Ministry of Public Health, which found that more than 22 million Thais unknowingly carry the thalassemia gene. In other words, 1 in 3 people will be a thalassemia carrier. The question is, how likely is it that our children will have thalassemia? We have to see whether the father and mother are carriers. If one of the parents is a carrier, the child will have a 50% chance of being a carrier, which will not affect their health. However, our children will be able to pass on this abnormal gene to their grandchildren. However, if both parents are carriers, there is a chance! Because there is a 25% chance that the child will be healthy and normal, a 50% chance that the child will be a carrier like the parents, and a 25% chance that the child will have thalassemia.

G6PD deficiency or G6PD disease

G6PD is an enzyme in red blood cells that has the function of resisting free radicals, helping red blood cells to be strong and function normally. Most of the time, this disease does not show any abnormal symptoms until it receives a trigger, such as fava beans, certain foods and medicines. The abnormal symptoms that occur are similar to anemia, i.e. fever, chills, paleness, yellow body, yellow eyes, dark urine, and rapid heartbeat. Because red blood cells destroy by free radicals. This disease is mainly inherited from the mother. It is cause by an abnormality of the X chromosome, transmitted through a recessive gene on the X chromosome, so the disease is more common in men. If the mother is a carrier, her son has a 50% chance of being a G6PD carrier, while her daughter has a 50% chance of being a G6PD carrier.

• Hemophilia or abnormal bleeding

Caused by a lack of a protein factor that helps blood clot, causing blood to clot slowly. It is another disease that can be transmitte through recessive genes on the X chromosome. So the disease is more common in men. Currently, there is no cure for this disease. It can taken care of and prevented from causing serious complications from bleeding.

allergy

A common disease that is familiar to us เล่นเกมคาสิโน UFABET ทันสมัย ฝากถอนง่าย is another disease that can be passed down genetically. If one parent has allergies, the child has a 30-50% chance of having allergies. But if both parents have allergies, the child has a 50-70% chance of having allergies. Importantly, allergies cannot be completely cured. They can controll. That symptoms do not occur or symptoms are minimized.