My other children are all able to hear but there father is waardenburg. will there children be affected or not.as my oldest child is now expecting her first child
2007-01-16 08:33:48 · 6 answers · asked by kesha 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=waardenburgsyndrome
This link should answer your question.
2007-01-16 08:41:31 · answer #1 · answered by CHRIS P 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would honestly love the child like I do now. My mother while pregnant was told I would have some sort of delay and I've got no issues. Graduated with a Bachelors degree in Nursing. They actually suggested she end her pregnancy at the time. Now keep in that was a while ago. However when we were asked if we wanted to take the test to see if our child would have spinabifida or down syndrome we actually refused for the reason above. I'm sure every ones different and have their own opinion but I would love the child. Good for them!
2016-03-29 00:31:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Waardenburg syndrome is an inherited disorder often characterized by varying degrees of hearing loss and changes in skin and hair pigmentation. The syndrome got its name from a Dutch eye doctor named Petrus Johannes Waardenburg who first noticed that people with differently colored eyes often had a hearing impairment. He went on to study over a thousand individuals in deaf families and found that some of them had certain physical characteristics in common.
One commonly observed characteristic of Waardenburg syndrome is two differently colored eyes. One eye is usually brown and the other blue. Sometimes, one eye has two different colors. Other individuals with Waardenburg syndrome may have unusually brilliant blue eyes.
2007-01-16 08:46:53 · answer #3 · answered by mcspaner 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i am not to sure about that syndrome but I would tell your daughter who is expecting to talk with a genetesis...they will be able to answer all her questions and concerns about it and probably give her the chances of having a child with Waardenburg syndrome.
2007-01-16 08:39:04 · answer #4 · answered by mommyto2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a website called WebMD and is very helpful at finding out health information on just about anything. It also has websites that can help you on foundations, etc. Hope that it helps you out. God bless to you and your wonderful children.
2007-01-16 08:46:09 · answer #5 · answered by Cindy Roo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. It is inherited. Can they test for something like that through amniocentsis? I don't know much about it sorry.
2007-01-16 08:39:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋