Title: Hereditary Disease and Illness
Headings: 10 diseases and illness that can be hereditary
10 diseases and illness that can be hereditary
Rachel Murphy
Thalassemia is passed down from both parents.
Cystic fibrosis gets passed down if both parents are carriers.
Cystic fibrosis leads to severe lung infections.
People with Jewish ancestry have a higher chance of getting Crohn's disease.
20% of people with Crohn's have a relative with the same illness.
One copy of the altered gene associated with Huntington’s disease is enough to cause the disorder.
It is inherited at birth.
A child can get sickle cell anemia if both parents pass on the gene for the disease.
Children can generally only get sickle cell anemia if both parents are carriers.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is more common in boys.
Microscopic Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Hemophilia can prevent a person's blood from clotting normally.
There is hemophilia A and B.
Thalassemia impacts hemoglobin production.
Thalassemia is passed down from both parents.
Tay-Sachs disease is more common in people of Irish, Jewish, and French-Canadian descent.
Factors including lifestyle, ethnicity, and age can contribute to heart disease risk. But genes play a role, too.
Heart disease can come from family.
Two rare forms of kidney disease can be passed down as well.
Certain disease can lead to kidney disease.
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10 diseases and illness that can be hereditary
Rachel Murphy
Nov 14, 2018, 3:29 PM
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Thalassemia is passed down from both parents.