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Tay-Sachs
DiseaseBy:Onjane’
Johnson, Amelia Duong, and Helen Sdao 7-5
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What is Tay-Sachs Disease?
Tay-Sachs Disease a fatal disease in infants that causes them to become deaf, blind, and unable to swallow.
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Children with Tay-Sachs will slowly stop doing things that humans do.
A child with Tay-Sachs will have “cherry red spots”, or little red spots, in their eyes.
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This disease is when a child is missing a very important enzyme, that is suppose to get rid of a fatty substance. When the enzyme is missing the fatty substance builds up in the brain and causes a lot of fatal problems
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This disease mostly effects Eastern Europeans and Ashkenazi Jews.
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Tay-Sachs is completely genetic and is able to be detected when the female is still pregnant.
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This child will have not be a carrier of Tay Sachs
This child will be a carrier of the disease
This child will be a carrier of the disease too.
This child will have and be effected by Tay-Sachs.
If both parents are carriers of Tay-Sachs, then the child has a *25% chance of not having the disease at all*50% chance of being a carrier*25% chance of having the disease.
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So far, there is no cure for Tay-Sachs
Children who have this disease usually die before the age of 4, even if they are well taken care of
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*About 16 people a year in the United States are diagnosed with Tay-Sachs.
Did You Know??
A baby with Tay-Sachs is unable to smile
Tay Sachs was discovered byDr. Tay and Dr. Sachs
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There is no cure for Tay-Sachs, but some children are given medication to stop seizures and pain.
One in every 27 Ashkenazi Jew is a carrier of Tay-Sachs in the US.One in every 30 Eastern Europeans in the US is a carrier of TSD