Asymptomatic carrier

This is to evaluate if they are carriers of the disease, to know the risk rate and type of haemoglobinopathies involved. The partner of a known or identified carrier should also be assessed. These procedures often comprise a full blood count where haematological data is assessed (e.g. level of MCV and MCH) and morphology of the red blood cells. Iron…

There’s also a sickle cell test taken and the result is either positive or negative; If it’s positive, this means that a person may have sickle cell disease or may be a carrier and if it’s negative, this means that a person’s haemoglobin is normal and he or she is not in contact with it. The only cure is a “bone marrow transplantation” according to National Human Genome Health institute and, “blood transfusion for healthy…

In Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives and Our Lives Change Our Genes, author Sharon Moalem uses a concoction of historical happenings, real-life experiences, and patient case history to portray two main biological concepts: deviations from Mendelian genetics and epigenetics (Moalem, 2014). In regards to the AP Biology curriculum, these two concepts relate, respectively, to the third and fourth big ideas that make-up the course’s framework. The third big idea in the AP Biology…

The genus chlamydia is made of three species called C. psittaci, C. pneumoniae, and C. trachomatis. Today we will be focusing on C. trachomatis. It stains gram negative which means it has a thin cell wall and it is bacillus or rod shaped. C. trachomatis is also an obligate intracellular organism which means it cannot exist without a host cell. This leads us into our next segment on how C. trachomatis affects us as human beings. To many of us we know C. trachomatis as chlamydia, which is…

disease will not develop but rather the child will be a carrier (Lewis et al., 2014, p. 193). Males and females are affected equally and heterozygotes are carriers of the mutated gene but remain asymptomatic (Lewis et al., 2014, p. 193). Children of two heterozygous parents have a 25% chance of being affected and a 50% chance of being carriers of the mutated gene (Lewis et al., 2014, p. 193). There is a 25% chance that the child will be neither a carrier nor affected by the trait (McKinney et…

This paper explores four published articles and four internet websites pertaining to Phenylketonuria. In this paper Phenylketonuria causative mutations, signs and symptoms along with treatment and long term prognosis are discussed to help individuals better understand Phenylketonuria and its effects on our population. Increasing public awareness towards Phenylketonuria can help lead to further research in hopes of medical advancements and encourage newborn screening in under developed countries.…

Hemophiliais an inherited bleeding disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of clotting protein. Children with hemophilia bleed for a longer time than others after an injury. Hemophilia commonly is of two types –A and B (uncommon is haemophilia C). There are various clotting factors in blood which are required for clotting of blood in the event of an injury. Deficiency of certain clotting factors can impair the clotting mechanism and increase the bleeding time. Hemophilia…

diseases known to humanity, smallpox is transmitted from person to person via infective droplets during close contact with an infected symptomatic person. Overall, smallpox is not known to be transmitted by animals or insets and there is no asymptomatic carrier state (Smallpox, n.d.). Finally, the rabies virus is a deadly virus that is spread to people from the saliva of infected animals. Typically, the rabies virus is transmitted through a bite. Once a person presents signs of symptomatic…

In addition to hepatosplenomegaly, bleeding is also common. Many times bleeding occurs because of thrombocytopenia, a deficient production of platelets. In severe cases, the liver can fill the entire abdomen. Major splenomegaly may also occur. Asymptomatic individuals can even experience splenomegaly (Pastores et al., YEAR). The symptoms of type 1 Gaucher disease are due to engorged macrophages that result in hepatosplenomegaly with resultant dysfunction of the liver and spleen…

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms. Viruses might infect all types of life style ,from animals and plants to microorganisms. Air carries a lot of harmful viruses that caused the destruction of many cells. often the virus is enter of the body through the respiratory tract and is transmitted into the blood than spread to parts of the body. mumps virus has history, symptoms, and duration. First of all, mumps is an acute…