SwedeedeeConan99
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While studying genetic disorders in biology, I came across a rare but really scary real condition known as Lafora disease. It is the most common teenage-onset dementia and the worst form of epilepsy.I'm still in a kind of state of shock and disbelief that something like this would be allowed to exsist! Read about it here:
http://www.chelseashope.org/jessica-nicole-ambroe/
What made it even scarier is that I could be really a carrier because I have Mediterranean ancestary like my great grandparents were from Italy, France, and Spain, and have close blood ancestary from Lebanon, which that particular nation of decent also makes me concerned more of being a potential Tay-Sachs or Sandhoff carrier. And those with Mediterranean ancestary are the ones who are most affected by this rare disease alongside woth those who have ancestary from the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and genetically isolated population in the southern US (like Louisiana Cajuns) and Canadians (like Metis Indians) but it ANYONE of ANY RACE can be a carrier or infected.
Thankfully I do not have to worry about being infected by those genetic disorders because during my regression at age 18 months old, my mom took me to not one but 5 special genetic specialists to see if I had any significant genetic abnormality, there was none. And my lead and mercury levels were tested normal. So I have "non-syndromic autism". I am just as likely to sperad autism to my kids as parents without autism.
But despite my autism/Asperger's i am still concerned of being a possible carrier for such genetic disorders like Lafora alongside with stuff like Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis.
Since Lafora and autism are both nuerological disorders, I surfed the web to see if there was any case or relationship between autism and Lafora, there was NONE according to my research. But I found a couple of Sandhoff cases that developed autism. But for Lafora, again, i found absolutley no relationship between autism and Lafora. But to check twice and be sure, I am asking here: Is there ANY sort of relationship or touch between autism and Lafora disease?
http://www.chelseashope.org/jessica-nicole-ambroe/
What made it even scarier is that I could be really a carrier because I have Mediterranean ancestary like my great grandparents were from Italy, France, and Spain, and have close blood ancestary from Lebanon, which that particular nation of decent also makes me concerned more of being a potential Tay-Sachs or Sandhoff carrier. And those with Mediterranean ancestary are the ones who are most affected by this rare disease alongside woth those who have ancestary from the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia, and genetically isolated population in the southern US (like Louisiana Cajuns) and Canadians (like Metis Indians) but it ANYONE of ANY RACE can be a carrier or infected.
Thankfully I do not have to worry about being infected by those genetic disorders because during my regression at age 18 months old, my mom took me to not one but 5 special genetic specialists to see if I had any significant genetic abnormality, there was none. And my lead and mercury levels were tested normal. So I have "non-syndromic autism". I am just as likely to sperad autism to my kids as parents without autism.
But despite my autism/Asperger's i am still concerned of being a possible carrier for such genetic disorders like Lafora alongside with stuff like Sickle Cell Disease and Cystic Fibrosis.
Since Lafora and autism are both nuerological disorders, I surfed the web to see if there was any case or relationship between autism and Lafora, there was NONE according to my research. But I found a couple of Sandhoff cases that developed autism. But for Lafora, again, i found absolutley no relationship between autism and Lafora. But to check twice and be sure, I am asking here: Is there ANY sort of relationship or touch between autism and Lafora disease?
