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Originally posted by OnyxCougar
[color=indigo]I met a boy in 5th grade named Eddie Kammert. He wore hearing aids and was very serious. He had a hereditary disease (which I could never remember the name of) that meant the females carried the gene, and the males actually contracted the disease.
It started with hearing loss, then kidney failure, then heart failure. One way or the other, it killed you early.
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It sounds a little like
Tay-Sachs , except for the male-female component. Then again, there are more than a few recesssive diseases out there.
On a public policy front, I think requiring blood tests for couples seeking marriage is not a bad idea. Just letting future parents know if they are carriers of recessive diseases would help to prevent Tay-Sachs and sickle cell anemia.
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