Which of the following are genetic diseases?
Which of the following are genetic diseases?
The correct options are
B Thalassemia
D Haemophilia
Haemophilia is an inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability clot the blood, a process needed to stop bleeding. This results in people bleeding longer after an injury, easy bruising, and an increased risk of bleeding inside the body.
Thalassemia is a blood disorder passed down through families (inherited) in which the body makes an abnormal form or inadequate amount of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results in large numbers of red blood cells being destroyed, which leads to anemia.
Dysentery is a communicable disease caused by protozoa, Ascariasis is also a communicable disease which is caused by a roundworm.
B
Thalassemia
D
Haemophilia
Haemophilia is an inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability clot the blood, a process needed to stop bleeding. This results in people bleeding longer after an injury, easy bruising, and an increased risk of bleeding inside the body.
Thalassemia is a blood disorder passed down through families (inherited) in which the body makes an abnormal form or inadequate amount of hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. The disorder results in large numbers of red blood cells being destroyed, which leads to anemia.
Dysentery is a communicable disease caused by protozoa, Ascariasis is also a communicable disease which is caused by a roundworm.
