I suffer from Marfan syndrome but the symptoms are mild, I have dislocated lenses compensated by contact lenses, I take beta blockers and the aortic dilatation is mild, I am now 21years old and I am pregnant, can u tell me if i may not be marfin???or obligatory to be it? my baby will be normal?or marfan? if u r a doctor hope to keep in touch by mail??
Thank you
2007-03-13 10:09:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
I'm very sorry to hear about your condition.
I'm also sorry to tell you that it is likely that if you have this syndrome it is likely you will pass it on to your offspring.
I am not an MD, but here is a ref if you want to read what I did about it : http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4672
2007-03-13 10:23:01 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marfan's syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that affects a number of organ systems in the body.
You mention that you have dislocated lenses, and an aortic dilitaion. These are all traits associated with Marfan's. There is also being unusually tall and lanky, having long flat feet, long fingers, and having an arm span that is 1.05 times your height along with very mobile joints, and scoliosis are the other common findings.
I can not tell you over the internet if you have this disease. A good internist, a rheumatologic, or a geneticists that could examine you and ask more questions would be able to tell you with a much higher degree of certainty.
Marfan's is autosomal dominant this means that of the one of the two possible genes that you could pass to your child may contain the Marfan's trait. Therefore if you husband does not have Marfan's he has no gene with that trait. This gives you a 50% chance of having a baby with Marfan's and a 50% chance of him or her being free of Marfan's (the gene you pass directly affect the outcome).
If your husband has Marfan's there is again a 50% chance of having a baby with Marfan's but only a 25% chance of not having Marfan's. The other 25%? Have both genes with an autosomal dominant traits is usually, and very unfortuantely, lethal.
I am regrettably not an internist, rheumatologist, nor a geneticist so I do not feel qualified to assist you directly, but I would be happy to help you find a referal to an expert who is more versed in this than I.
2007-03-13 14:42:47 · answer #2 · answered by tickdhero 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
god bless you. just pray that your child will be marfan free. dont worry much on the diagnosis made. you are usually treated symptom based.
2007-03-15 01:26:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-13 10:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by raindovewmn41 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋