Tay-Sachs disease may manifest as blindness, deafness, toneless, mental retardation, dementia, listlessness, seizures and stunted growth. To bad luck of the patient and the parents, Tay-Sachs has no treatment except conservative management like to cover the symptoms to make the patient’s life somewhat comfortable. It may needed by the patient to reach the emergency when he/she has seizures or breathlessness. No known preventive measures have been yet settled except for the genetic testing of your genetic make up and that of your partners. So, you can avoid this disease by going through the genetic testing.
Now what is to do with the case of Rita Trosack and Peter? It needs a long discussion including counseling, social and ethical support and about the abortion.
Interdisciplinary Team:
First off, I am to mention that Rita Trosack and her husband Peter are financial consultants. It shows they both are well educated and can understand the delicacy of their case. Also, they can approach the high standard medical and genetic centers. So, for the financial consultants, I think there would be no financial problem. Most of the part, our case is about the genetics. This case includes many social parameters as well. We can say that this case needs multidisciplinary approach to handle it. I would like to have three members:
(1) Medical Officer/Gynecologist
(2) …show more content…
Genetic counselor is the person who has been qualified for genetic counseling education and has knowledge about the inherited diseases and their ways of inheritance form parents to the offspring. He/she guides and advices the couple about all the outcomes of the pregnancy regarding the genetic make up. Couples can ask everything about their conception and then can decide with ease whether to continue with the pregnancy or
Now what is to do with the case of Rita Trosack and Peter? It needs a long discussion including counseling, social and ethical support and about the abortion.
Interdisciplinary Team:
First off, I am to mention that Rita Trosack and her husband Peter are financial consultants. It shows they both are well educated and can understand the delicacy of their case. Also, they can approach the high standard medical and genetic centers. So, for the financial consultants, I think there would be no financial problem. Most of the part, our case is about the genetics. This case includes many social parameters as well. We can say that this case needs multidisciplinary approach to handle it. I would like to have three members:
(1) Medical Officer/Gynecologist
(2) …show more content…
Genetic counselor is the person who has been qualified for genetic counseling education and has knowledge about the inherited diseases and their ways of inheritance form parents to the offspring. He/she guides and advices the couple about all the outcomes of the pregnancy regarding the genetic make up. Couples can ask everything about their conception and then can decide with ease whether to continue with the pregnancy or