Tay-Sachs Disease Flashcards
1
Q
symptoms or characteristics
A
increasing muscle weakness increasing loss of vision increasing loss of hearing difficulty swallowing muscle stiffness repeated seizures
2
Q
inheritance
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- inherited from child’s parents (only have one mutated gene don’t show symptoms)
- autosomal recessive pattern (both copies of gene in each cell have mutations)
- need to inherit one copy from each parent to inherit disease
- if only one is copied they become carriers
3
Q
risk factors
A
- family history
- race: people with eastern + central european jewish heritage
4
Q
summary of tay-sachs disease
A
rare inherited disorder that progressively destroys nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord
