Genetics has a tremendous influence on our health.
A health challenge can be passed on from parents to their offsprings, genetic condition are hereditary because parents involuntarily pass on these conditions to the children.
The most common type of heart condition that is hereditary is coronary artery disease (CAD), hypertension or high blood pressure (High B.P).
Poor management or treatment CAD could lead to severe stroke, kidney failure, cardiac arrest and possibly death. These could be avoided with frequent but non exhausting exercise (because fatique is bad for the heart) eating healthy foods and fruits, maintaining a healthy weight, drinking plenty and distilled water, cut down excess alcohol consumption, quit smoking and most importantly regular health checks.
Asthma is a lung disease caused by allergies, smoke or dust asthmatics may suffer chest tightness and inability to breathe well.
Limiting your exposure to things that trigger an attack would go a long way in helping to manage asthma, an inhaler should be kept close to an asthmatic person at all times, it is important to see a specialist in order to know your precise triggers so as to avoid unnecessary asthma attack.
According to “tenethealth” a single gene disorder is a certain gene that causes a disease. There are over 6,000 single gene disorder and their symptoms vary in many ways. Some single gene disorder can be identified as soon as pregnancy or childbirth while others may not be diagnosed until adulthood.
Such disorder can be passed down even when the parents of the individual does not show any symptoms. Human diseases such as cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, Fragile X syndrome, spinal muscular dystrophy, and alpha-1-antitrypisn deficiency are all examples of single gene disorders.
Refer to a specialist if you’re aware of a family single gene disorder, seek out a test or screening to ascertain if you have a single gene disorder.
