Tay+Sachs

=Tay Sachs= = =

**Causes:**
It is autosomal linked Chromosome #15

Pattern Of Inheritance:
It is autosomal Recessive

**Characteristics:**

 * Symptom:**
 * **seizures**
 * stops cry, smiling, rolling over, looses ability to reach out/grasp.
 * decreased eye contact
 * slow body growth with increased head size
 * delayed mental and social skills
 * blindness, deafness, loss of mobility and intelligence skills

Other names:
Hexosamindase B


 * About 16 people a year get Tay Sachs

=Treatment:= there is no treatment.

=Prevention:= the only thing you can do is to find out if you are a carrier of this and what the risk of having a kid with this disorder. you can then choose to not have a kids.

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