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Medical societies recommend that pregnant women or women planning pregnancy should be tested for carriers.
Myriad ForesightTM Carrier Screen provides a simple screening panel that guarantees a comprehensive analysis for all people who are not dependent on ethnic background.
Couples can choose whether to evaluate the two people simultaneously. This is a good choice if your priority is to get all the answers quickly.
Recessive diseases are caused by changes (mutations) in the genes of a person, All people have two copies of each gene, one inherited from each parent. A recessive disease occurs when two copies of the same gene suffer a mutation . A carrier is a person who has only one mutated gene and the other one is not affected. Carriers usually have no symptoms and do not know they carry a mutation. Some of the diseases in the Myriad ForesightTM Carrier Screen are inherited differently; only the mother must be a carrier for your baby at risk. Fragile X syndrome is an example of this.
Even without a family history of disease, however you can be carrying. When two people are carriers of the same disease, they can unknowingly give birth to a child with health problems for life. In fact, 4 out of 5 children with recessive genetic diseases arise from ignorance of parents with a family history of the disease.
The Myriad ForesightTM Carrier Screen is a simple blood or saliva test prescribed by your doctor. Results will be available in two weeks, by average.
Usually, it is not suggested testing to monitor the diagnosed disease. It is important to understand that there is not screening that can identify each carrier of each disease. You should also know that although the Myriad ForesightTM Carrier Screen covers a lot of information, we can not diagnose all possible defects and genetic diseases.
