Heart disease genetic screening
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I have a genetic form of familial hyperchloresterolemia and I live in the fear of having another heart attack or stroke with all the plaque in my arteries. I take meds, but the fear is still there. Genetic factors a lot of risks where heart disease is concerned. Early detection and treatment is always the way to go.
They are most commonly NOT associated with genetic syndromes. In fact, we do not know why most heart defects occur in the absence of a genetic syndrome. And, genetic syndromes definitely make up the minority of the reasons for congenital heart disease. I obviously cannot promise you that your baby doesn't have a genetic syndrome.
It would be worth getting checked out by your primary care doctor. The three most important metrics are blood pressure cholesterol and glucose. I'm 50 and have a family history of heart disease and have done a considerable amount of research this past year. Modern medicine will tell you that a lot of it is genetic, but that is not necessarily true. The inherited tendancy is only a predisposition and it doesn't necessarily dictate the outcome.
HARD markers for DS include absent or small nasal bone and thickened nuchal fold. Did you have genetic serum screening prior to your anatomy scan? I see choroid plexus cysts and pyelectasis every week. You say enlarged kidneys. That is much different from pyelectasis. Any other questions I may be able to with?
Hi. I am 40 years old. At 20 weeks, my ultrasound showed two highlighted spots on baby's heart. All my genetic testing had come back showing that Downs Synrome was highly unlikely. We decided not to do any further testing. By week 32, the "spots" were gone.
I haven't been through genetic counselling (although at 40 I am sure it will come up), but I am shocked your Dr. would suggest getting your tubes tied..! I don't care if you are 50, that is an incredibly personal decision and it involves surgery. Way out of line in my opinion.
Anyway, try not to stress, from what the others said it sounds like a normal thing to have recommended. It certainly doesn't mean anything is wrong. Good luck to you!
No one in my family has this disease currently including my sister who is 24 and myself who is 27. Both of our children have been tested for this also. What is the probability of developing this disease? I just had an echo a year ago while pregnant and before that a year and a half with the treadmill stress test and everything was ok. I am 127lb and 5'2 I would consider myself healthy.
I'm a 50 year old male with a family history of heart disease and stroke and am trying to prevent it if possible. I exercise daily and maintain a healthy diet. Will this be good enough in the long run? I tend to worry about it too much because of the problems my parents had but I think my numbers are good. BP runs about 115/65 on average and my total cholesterol is about 100, HDL 45. My glucose is about 85 so hopefully this will keep me out of trouble.
Found out today that I am a genetic carrier of CF..I was certain I was bc of a family hx but I was confident we were in the clear since my hubby has no family hx..then the counselor said that doesn't matter there is still a 1 in 49 chance he's a carrier as well...now it's all I can think about. Anybody else dealing with this or something similar?
I got this screening at 15 weeks, had nothing to do with my age. It was an optional quad screening and my insurance covers it, so I had it. Mine was negative, though I didn't expect to have any issues. At 20 weeks they do the anatomy ultrasound, which may be the detailed ultrasound you mentioned. Sounds like normal stuff to me. Good luck!
If you have a first degree relative (parent, child, sibling) with colon cancer, you should begin having screening colonoscopy when you are 10 years younger that the age at which that realtive was diagnosed. For example, my father died at age 50 and his colon cancer was diagnosed postmortem. That meant I should have begun having screening colonoscopy testing at age 40. I did not know this, and did not have a colonoscopy until I had symptoms at age 46.
I'm 36 pregnant with my first baby, my ob has me going to a genetic councilor.
There is still a high probability that everything is okay. I did genetic screening also but husband and I decided we would not do amnio if it was ever suggested. We decided that no matter the outcome of an amnio was I would carry to term, and accept what god had given us. We did not like the risk of miscarrying a perfectly healthy baby from doing the amnio. The screening was just to give us a possible heads up for anything we needed to possibly prepare for.
I am 4 weeks pregnant. How far do you have to be to have a genetic test? My husband and I would like to get one done before baby becomes fully develop.
MY BOYFRIEND IS BALD AND HE WEARS HATS ALL THE TIME. HE WILL ONLY TAKE THE HAT OFF WHEN WERE ARE IN TOTAL DARKNESS. WHAT DO I DO? I CAN'T STAND THIS LIFESTYLE ANYMORE.
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