Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Genetic Heart Disorders

We get most of our characteristics from our parents. And also get some of their genetic diseases. Half of our dna can come from our mother and half of our DNA can come from our father and then passed from parents to children. There are also cases where a child can inherit heart disease through the dna sequence that has happened to him. For example, your father has coronary artery disease, then you and your children to have a big risk for the disease.

It is also possible to find some indicative signs of heart disease among these are genetic and genetic death early cardiac or unexplained death, have heart failure at an early age (under 50 years of age), or signs of heart failure, such as weakness, shortness of breath, fatigue problem, making physical activity and asthma can not be cured by an inhaler, palpitations or arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm) at the age of youth, and fainting or seizures that can not be dealt with anticonvulsant drugs.

Some of these genetic heart disease can be transmitted to you is:

• the arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia
• hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• marfan syndrome
• long qt syndrome

To find out if you are at risk for these diseases of the heart by genetic inheritance, genetic testing can be done. This will check the heart problems that run in your family and you see if you are a candidate to have a specific disorder of the heart. After identifying potential genetic disorders of the heart that you can purchase from their genes, genetic counseling can be done for heart disease can bring anxiety, fear and confusion that you may experience after being diagnosed. A genetic counselor will be to help families to cope and adjust after the diagnosis of genetic heart disease. They can serve as attorney for the family and refer them to support services in the community. They also have a role as an educator that families help clarify some confusion that can lead to anxiety and worry.

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