Question

Identify the potential remedies to overcome sickle-cell anaemia.

• A. Carrier to avoid marriage with another carrier.
• B. Carrier to get married to an affected person.
• C. Carrier to avoid marriage with an affected person.
• D. Affected person to get married to a carrier.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

The correct options are
A Carrier to avoid marriage with another carrier.
C Carrier to avoid marriage with an affected person.

Sickle cell anaemia is a monogenic disorder which is caused due to the inheritance of a faulty haemoglogin coding gene from parents. Since, its a genetic disease, it can only be transmitted from parents to offsprings.

The following remedies can be taken to avoid the occurrence of this disorder:

• The parents must always get their blood examined beforehand or after marriage, as an effort to prevent the disease from occurring in their children.
• The carrier or the affected person should avoid getting married to another carrier or affected person.
• Individuals suffering from sickle cell anaemia should take a tablet of folic acid daily.