2006-09-13 12:50:38 · 14 answers · asked by classy_caramel74 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
thats not totally true
2006-09-13 12:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by lovesugarkisses 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes he can
1 in 20 from risk groups carries a trait for Sickle Cell Disorder.
The child of two carrier parents may inherit a full blown Sickle Cell Disorder.
These disorders have no cure and will affect every aspect of the child's life.
2006-09-13 19:59:54 · answer #2 · answered by mommy of 1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is he a carrier or is he homozygous to the disease? that is does he have a full blown sickle cell anaemia. it's a great variation you knw. anyway if he is a carrier which i think he is, the only risks is that your child may be a carrier too, since your boyfriend may pass the gene on to the child. anyway i dont quite agree with ciara H because if your child is going to be a carrier, he will have normal blood cells and will have no problems in oxygen transportation. however if you are a carrier too then that is another story because then your child may inherit the gene from both of you and hence have a full blown form of the disease. this is because the gene of a child consists of half of the father's and half of the mother's gene. if your boyfriend is a carrier this means that he will have one chromosome coding for sickle cell and the other a normal one. to help you just know that a gene consists of two chromosomes or chromatids or as some refer to it as half a gene for people to understand better. so, if both of you are carriers, then the two halves have a probability of combining and hence the child will have a full blown form of the disease. to make things simple, just get a blood test done for you so as to check whether you have it or not. just to be on the safe side. if you're not a carrier then i see no reason in not having a child together unless your boufriend is not telling something else hidden behind the reason of the inability of having children.
2006-09-14 16:57:48 · answer #3 · answered by Farhali 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does he *have* sickle cell anemia, or is he a *carrier* of the trait?
HUGE difference.
A lot of people are carriers, it should not prevent you from having children. Although are from a group that is likely to be a carrier also (african or mediteranian decent) You might want to check to see if you are a carrier too. IF you *both* are carriers you may want to consider genetic counsiling before pregnancy to determine your odds of having a child with comprimised health.
If your guy actually *has* sickle cell it is possible that his fertility is comprimised since the cells that make sperm require a good blood supply, (like many other things) and sickle cells damage capilaries.
I would not rely on it as a form of birth control how ever.
2006-09-13 20:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by Crystal Violet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO sickle cell would not cause it maybe he has another factr stopping him BUT it can be passed on
Sickle-cell disease is a general term for a group of genetic disorders caused by sickle hemoglobin (Hgb S or Hb S). In many forms of the disease, the red blood cells change shape upon deoxygenation because of polymerization of the abnormal sickle hemoglobin. This process damages the red blood cell membrane, and can cause the cells to become stuck in blood vessels. This deprives the downstream tissues of oxygen and causes ischemia and infarction. The disease is chronic and lifelong. Individuals are most often well, but their lives are punctuated by periodic painful attacks. In addition to periodic pain, there may be damage of internal organs, such as stroke. Lifespan is often shortened with sufferers living to an average of 40 years. It is common in people from parts of the world where malaria is or was common, especially in sub-saharan Africa or in descendents of those peoples. Sickle-cell disease can occur in any individual of any color or ethnicity, however.
2006-09-13 19:57:54 · answer #5 · answered by HAPA CHIC 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Physically the sickle cell should have no bearing on fertility. The problem may be that any children he fathers has, I believe, a 25% chance of inheriting the disease, or passing on the disease as a carrier. It is a very painful disease and he may not want to take the chance of putting his own offspring through that.
2006-09-13 19:55:50 · answer #6 · answered by barbarast59 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If he carries the sickle cell gene, his child has a chance of getting it. Maybe he just does not want to take that chance.
2006-09-17 14:28:21 · answer #7 · answered by pixles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me guess...he's trying to tell you that he doesn't need to wear a condom because he won't get you pregnant, right? PLEASE don't fall for that. Even if it were true that sickle cell caused sterility (which it doesn't), then there is ALWAYS a chance of an odd sperm making it's way through. So, have him "buckle up" for the ride.
2006-09-13 19:59:32 · answer #8 · answered by tateronmycouch 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
not true but the child might get sickle cell
2006-09-13 19:53:31 · answer #9 · answered by sasha 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your boyfriend is right because he can pass it down to the baby and it will be hard for the baby to pump blood and oxygen through out his or hers little body.Your boyfriend blood cells is a curved line and it can't fit through his vessel.Don't keep your self down u can do the simple things that girlfriends +boyfriends do like kissing,going to the movies,and do fun stuff together.see ya girl and cheerup a dutty wine my girl dutty wine ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-09-13 20:14:34 · answer #10 · answered by Ciara H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it can be true, he could get those cells from his parents.
2006-09-13 19:55:56 · answer #11 · answered by Anzhelina F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋