What is a carrier for Cystic Fibrosis?!
Question: What is a carrier for Cystic Fibrosis!?
My cousin just found out that her daughter is a carrier for cystic fibrosis what does this mean!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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She does not have CF and will show no symptoms at all!.
If she has children with someone who is a carrier, then there is a 25% chance that their child will have CF, a 50% chance that the child will be a carrier, and a 25% that they will not be a carrier at all!.
If she has children with someone who is not a carrier, then there is a 25% chance that the child will be a carrier and a 75% that they will not be a carrier at all!.
We have a 5 year old daughter with CF!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
If she has children with someone who is a carrier, then there is a 25% chance that their child will have CF, a 50% chance that the child will be a carrier, and a 25% that they will not be a carrier at all!.
If she has children with someone who is not a carrier, then there is a 25% chance that the child will be a carrier and a 75% that they will not be a carrier at all!.
We have a 5 year old daughter with CF!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You know that everyone carries two sets of genes for each characteristic -- one from each parent!. So for each set of two, there can be dominant genes or recessive genes!. If you have one or two dominant genes for something, then that's what you end up with!. If you have two recessive genes for something, that's what you end up with!. If you have a dominant and a recessive, then you end up with the dominant thing, but you are a carrier!. You don't have the disease, but you have the chance of passing the disease on!.
Your cousin's daughter has a dominant gene for "normal" as in no cystic fibrosis, and a recessive gene for cystic fibrosis!. She doesn't have the disease, but if she has a baby with someone who has a recessive gene, or who has the disease, then there will be a percentage chance their children will have cystic fibrosis!.
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Your cousin's daughter has a dominant gene for "normal" as in no cystic fibrosis, and a recessive gene for cystic fibrosis!. She doesn't have the disease, but if she has a baby with someone who has a recessive gene, or who has the disease, then there will be a percentage chance their children will have cystic fibrosis!.
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If she has a child with another carrier of the CF gene there is a 25% chance that their child will have CF!. If her partner does not have the CF gene she could still pass the gene on but her children will not have CF!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
In addition to what was previously said, if a carrier should have a child with another carrier, the risks that the child will have Cystic Fibrosis are much greater!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It means she is a gene carrier for cystic fibrosis!. If she plans to have children, the father should be checked too!. Refer to cff!.org for a detailed explanation!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
CF is caused by a specific genetic mutation!. If a person has the mutation, then they are called a carrier because their genes carry the mutation!. Www@Answer-Health@Com
Both parents have to have the carried gene - my sister in law had CF because both my inlaws had the gene!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com