I see patients who has the same kind of sickness as their parents do , or at least it runs in the family.What causes heriditary diseases to happen?
2006-08-20 03:00:03 · 7 answers · asked by Helpfulman 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
they work just like any other trait. normally disease are reccessive and don't show up unless both partners carry the gene. for example, way back when during the days of where kings and queens held all the power in england they had arranged marriages. they were paired with cousins, even sometimes brothers and sisters because it was believed that royal blood was the same as jesus, so they tried to keep any "commoner" from marrying into the family. this way their blood stayed "pure." however, because they were so closely related they carried many of the same traits. one of those recessive traits was hemophilia (a disease that prevents your blood from clotting well). hemophilia turned out to be the reason for many deaths in the royal family.
when parents have children their genes are split with the children. if the parents don't know that they have a desease in their family like hemophilia they may give it to thier kids, but only if both parents carry the same trait. it takes to reccessive genes to show up, but one dominant can over power most reccessive.
2006-08-20 03:11:30 · answer #1 · answered by molly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The disease is carried on a gene. The diseases are either dominant or recessive. In recessive, they can skip a generation. Some carriers such as in sickle cell disease may show symptoms without having the full disease.
2006-08-20 03:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hereditary desease is a defecient gene that is past on from generations. This is not to say that because you have that defective gene you will get the desease but rather because you have that defective gene, you need to avoid the conditions ( environment, food etc.. ) that would cause you to have that desease.
2006-08-20 03:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by Ricardo G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is in the Chromosomes/DNA. So, it can be passed on to the children. This why Doctors are now asking more questions about our parents and grandparents, to better evaluate our future health risks.
2006-08-20 03:07:29 · answer #4 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hereditary disease transmitted from parents to offspring via chromosomes .
2006-08-20 03:10:58 · answer #5 · answered by Fouad 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
see it works by defect in genitic code while forming embroy itself just like weaker plant coming from infected seed.
2006-08-20 03:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by Dr.BAMS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do not know that, then you should not be treating patients!
2006-08-20 03:05:55 · answer #7 · answered by robbet03 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋