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Pedigree analysis is an assessment made by a medical professional about genetic risk in a family.Pedigrees are most often constructed by medical geneticists or genetic counselors. People are referred to genetic professionals because of concern abo...
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To find out what your family risks are, ask people on both sides of your family. Start with your parents, siblings and children.
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What was your grandmother's maiden name? Where did your ancestors come from? Is your family known for a strong work ethic, a bold spirit or something else? Are there illnesses or diseases that tend to run in your family? If you know the answers, write them down! It's a priceless part of your family legacy, and nobody can tell the story better than you.
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If your father or mother has heart disease, that doesn't mean you will automatically develop it, too. It's true that you are more likely to get it than someone who does not have a family history of heart disease, but you can take steps to try to prevent it.
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Although inheriting certain genes might boost your chances of contracting a disease, it's rarely a sure thing. Often, your lifestyle and environment can join with disease-prone genes to make a potential disease a reality.
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Pedigree charts are a visual tool for documenting biological relationships in families and the presence of disorders. Using these charts, a medical professional such as a geneticist or genetic counselor, can analyze the genetic risk in a family fo...
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their i...
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You have either undergone a procedure or been diagnosed with an illness that has made you "immunocompromised.” This means that your immune system is very weak, making it difficult to fight off infection. Certain cancers, cancer treatments, HIV infection, and transplant surgery are examples of things that can make you immunocompromised. You must be very careful—even the slightest infection can carry the risk of hospitalization or death. This sheet gives precautions you can follow to protect yourself from infection. You will need to follow them until your doctor tells you that you can stop. You may need to be careful for the rest of your life.
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