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Short overview of the genetic diseases Huntingdon's Chorea and Sickle Cell Anaemia
Title: Short overview of the genetic diseases Huntingdon's Chorea and Sickle Cell Anaemia
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Short overview of the genetic diseases Huntingdon's Chorea and Sickle Cell Anaemia
Huntingdon's Chorea
1.<Tab/>Genetic Causes:
The gene that causes the disease is found at the tip of chromosome-4. It leads to
damage to some of the nerve cells in the brain. It is not known what the gene's usual function is and how it causes the disease.
<Tab/>The disease is caused by a dominant gene: therefore anyone who has the carrier gene gets the disease; and …showed first 75 words of 1089 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1089 total…state of their haemoglobin). However, modern medical care has meant that the disease actually now has only a small effect on life expectancy for the average sufferer.
4. Treatment:
No treatment is required between crises. A crisis is treated with fluids, oxygen, antibiotics and painkillers. The destruction of red blood cells in a crisis can cause a severe anaemia, which may need to be treated with a blood transfusion. Sufferers need to be immunised against pneumonia.
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