what family member passes down scoliosis?

Answer 1

There is no specific family member, that passes the gene. It is genetic, so you should ask you parents who has had it in your family. Like for me, it comes from my dad's side. His sister has it. So just ask.

Answer 2

No single family member passes it down. I have scoliosis, and it's just a genetic thing. It can come from either side of the family- and almost any generation. Ask your parents if anyone on their side of the family had scoliosis as a kid.

Answer 3

It is not quite that simple. In high school you learn about dominant and recessive genes and dominant genes expresses itself even if you have just one and recessive only if you get it from both side...

Well, that's high school lol. The gene responsible for scoliosis doesn't quite work that way. Youare predisposed to it..but there seems to be environmental factors playing a role. That's why although there are higher likelyhood of scoliosis among siblings versus regular population, not every sibling including identical twins develop scoliosis.

Having the gene seems to increase your chance of developing scoliosis...but doesn't directly cause scoliosis itself...hope I'm making sense lol..

The prevalence rate is higher with female...but that could likely be hormonal issue as that can be another factor that can determine whether one will develop the condition or not.

Answer 4

i have scoliosis was diagnosed aged 13 i'm 37 now although i'm told my scoliosis was pre adolescent (basically my condition is being blamed on the amount of school books i had to carry when i first started comprehensive or high school as the americans call it as we don't have lockers in our schools to keep our books between lessons) so basically i had to carry heavy books to school through school and all the way home from school which 'helped' scoliosis take hold of my body and mould my spine into the 's' shape it now holds. my mother found out that an uncle of hers from way back had one leg shorter than the other which is a common effect of scoliosis and i've been told that if you're a woman with scoliosis and you give birth to a daughter there's a good chance that daughter will develop scoliosis although i've never actually looked into that.

Answer 5

Scoliosis is hereditary in that human beings with scoliosis are plenty extra probably to have infants with scoliosis; whether, there is not any correlation between the severity of the curve from one technology to the subsequent.

Answer 6

your chances of getting scholiosis increases 20% if a family member has it from either side

Answer 7

Any of your direct ancestors could carry the gene.