Saturday, March 17, 2012

Diagnosis, Treatment or Cure, Prevention, Current Reseach

     Fragile X is diagnosed by chromosomal test (created by Herbert Lubs). The doctors can take a sample of the person's blood and check for any mutation in the FMR1 gene. There is currently no cure for the disorder, but there are some treatments. Kids with Fragile X can attend special education classes and behavioral and speech therapy to help maintain the symptoms. To try to prevent the offspring from getting the disorder, the carrier can do genetic counseling to help lower the possibilities of children having FXS.
     There are research groups out there still trying to find a cure for Fragile X. The FRAXA research foundation has a way you can donate to help find a cure. Here is the link: http://www.fraxa.org/donation.aspx

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