Is Alzheimer disease a disease where genetic testing is recommened to determine who carries the trait?
10 point if good awnser
also what type of people get alzheimer males, female, young or old
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Alzheimers is a type of dementia that usually develops in older age, I think it might be more prominent in women but it affects many people.
No,
Old are more likely and in 90% of the cases it is not genetic. Woman are also more likely to get it.
The more education you have, the longer the delay to onset of the disease.
There is now genetic testing. They are found in your chromosomes. You have a 50/50 percent chance of inheriting the disease if one of your parents have it. Your mother and father have 2 genes each in the particular chromosome. They have one that is deformed from Alzheimer and one that is healthy. So when you were conceived you had a 50/ 50 chance of receiving either the healthy one or the unhealthy one.
i think so they can tell from test who are at risk for alzheimer
There is early onset Alzheimer’s that can be detected by 3 genes…& will raise the possibility of one getting Alzheimer’s before the age of 65. There are only 200 families in US that have genes for early onset Alzheimer”s. There are cases of people in their 30′s & 40′s getting AD.
More women than men get AD because more women live longer.
It is unclear whether it is recommended to get genetic testing because there is very little to do for the disease & still doesn’t tell what age the person would have onset.
Politically & economically, I would say at this point it could be detrimental to be tested because it could conceivably be used against a person in getting a job; getting health insurance.
Until there are better protective laws, I don’t think it is recommended.
Google: mayo clinic.>>diseases>>Disease & Condition Centers>>Alzheimer’s