Living in today’s world of obstetrical medicine, biological sciences and technology has come together to detect if a fetus will have different genetic Disorders. Preimplantation Genetic Disorder (PGD) is used when screening on a cell from the embryo, for genetic defects. This allows couples to know if they are going to continue with the implant of the embryo. PGD also starts with the course of Invitro fertilization that consists of the egg retrieval and fertilization. Embryos are made in invitro and a combination of oocytes removed from the woman who reproduces. Sperm is than removed from her donor or partner. In addition to this, There have been numbers of births arising in our nation and majority of them have been used with fertility treatment.
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These code help determine if the child will be carrying any diseases or health problems. Procedures used by obstetricians such as amniocentesis are done to carry out risk of surgical abortion. These procedures carry out a .5% risk of the fetus carrying diseases. Preimplantation Genetic disorders comes with pros and cons. Women can benefit from PGD in the long run but PGD can be risky. Physicians have found ways to treat these genetic disorders before pregnancy or after pregnancy. In result pre-implantation Genetic disorders has its advantages and disadvantages. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis can screen for over 100 of diseases and if the procedure is done successfully, the child will be born healthy and disease …show more content…
Women 35 and up carry sex-linked disorders that have the single gene defects usually benefits from PGD (such as Pregnancy loss and chromosomal disordes). PGD reduces the need for amniocentesis, which is one later in pregnancy. It also helps select the gender of the embryo. , There is an early detection process that will detetimine if the embryo will have any health or genetic diseases before the embryo is placed back into the uterus. PGD detect health issues like Tay Sachs, Sickle cell, Huntington disease, Muscular Dystrophy. Even if the couple has a family background of these diseases, it can still be prevented from the child. At this point, couples take this into consideration. This will give the physician and the parents a clear understanding to decide if they are going to have a healthy baby. While This screening detects if the embryo for any genetic disorders, it also give people options to pick and choose different traits for the child( such as eye color and skin complexion). PGD has help many people reduce medical expenses due to complication that can occur in many birth defects. Another advantage of PGD is the most couples who are having trouble with fertility use the method. Another thing to consider about Preimplantation Genetic Disorder is that if there are high levels of embryos, couples have an option to choose healthy substitute donor and egg. Also, PGD can be beneficial to the embryo that has
These code help determine if the child will be carrying any diseases or health problems. Procedures used by obstetricians such as amniocentesis are done to carry out risk of surgical abortion. These procedures carry out a .5% risk of the fetus carrying diseases. Preimplantation Genetic disorders comes with pros and cons. Women can benefit from PGD in the long run but PGD can be risky. Physicians have found ways to treat these genetic disorders before pregnancy or after pregnancy. In result pre-implantation Genetic disorders has its advantages and disadvantages. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis can screen for over 100 of diseases and if the procedure is done successfully, the child will be born healthy and disease …show more content…
Women 35 and up carry sex-linked disorders that have the single gene defects usually benefits from PGD (such as Pregnancy loss and chromosomal disordes). PGD reduces the need for amniocentesis, which is one later in pregnancy. It also helps select the gender of the embryo. , There is an early detection process that will detetimine if the embryo will have any health or genetic diseases before the embryo is placed back into the uterus. PGD detect health issues like Tay Sachs, Sickle cell, Huntington disease, Muscular Dystrophy. Even if the couple has a family background of these diseases, it can still be prevented from the child. At this point, couples take this into consideration. This will give the physician and the parents a clear understanding to decide if they are going to have a healthy baby. While This screening detects if the embryo for any genetic disorders, it also give people options to pick and choose different traits for the child( such as eye color and skin complexion). PGD has help many people reduce medical expenses due to complication that can occur in many birth defects. Another advantage of PGD is the most couples who are having trouble with fertility use the method. Another thing to consider about Preimplantation Genetic Disorder is that if there are high levels of embryos, couples have an option to choose healthy substitute donor and egg. Also, PGD can be beneficial to the embryo that has