can someone please give me a brief statement of the side effect of each of these diseases...nothing big, for example like for down syndrome the side effects are -heart problems, -distinguished face -mental retardation
Turner Syndrome-
Klinefelter-
Trisomy 13-
Trisomy 18
Cri du Chat-
Neurofibromatosis-
Achondroplasia-
Huntington-
Tay Sach-
Cystic Fibrosis-
PKU-
Sickle cell anemia-
Duchennes MD-
THANKS my son is 5 and he has cystic fibrosis we learned he had this when he was 2 thick mucas gets in the lungs the lil fingers that help bring stuff up from the bottom of the lungs gets stuck down making it had for their lungs to function right they also have to take enzymes to help digest there food because it also stops up the pancries in boys most of them cannot have kids the tube that carries everything is stoped up or its not even there they have to go to the hospital when the get sick for a tune up where they put them on strong antibotics to help clear out the lungs and they have chest therpy 2 to 3 times a day there is no cure yet but we are hoping for it one day most people live to there 30s but not all they will have to get a lung transplant at some point in time but there are some bactrias that if they get it they refuse them a transplant that is just some of the effets of cf hope that helps Thats a lot of information. Why don't you just google it? Just one bit of clarification.... Down syndrome is not a "disease". It's a genetic disorder. | 