Support Systems
Genes
What Disease is this?
Treatment
Research
100

How could a family support group be helpful?

They are around you a lot, and they understand you as a person and could help you through hard times.

100

Can a hereditary disease skip a generation?

Yes


100

What Disease do you have if your body cannot properly produce insulin properly. 

Type 1 Diabetes. 


100

What is something that is doctor prescribed to help with diseases?

Medication


100
What are new treatments

Treatments that are new and innovative

200
If it is bad enough, you might need one of these to live in home, and if not they can still provide medications and other treatment plans. 

 A medical team/support group.

200

What is a gene?

It has DNA and determines things about your body. 


200

Which brain disease affects movement and thinking, slowly turning off motor skills?

Huntington's disease

200

What is Physical Therapy

Repetition of movements and motions to improve a physical aspect of your body. 

200

What is gene therapy?

When a doctor or other licensed person works on your genes to try and cure a disease
300

What group are things such as an IEP or 504 Plan a part of? 

School accomodations

300
What is an asymptomatic carrier?
Someone who possesses the trait, and has the ability to pass it down to their offspring, but doesn't express symptoms of the trait. 
300
Which disease affects blood clotting and is more common in males?

Hemophilia


300

What is it called when a doctor operates upon you to add, remove, or modify something to help with your disease?

Surgery

300

What could a better understanding of genes help with?

Better gene therapy, an understanding of why the disease happens, and a way to eliminate the disease

400

What communities that can be accessed without being in person can be beneficial to people who cannot travel or feel scared to go out in public with their disease?

An online support group.
400

What is inheritance?

It is when you get a trait passed down onto you

400

Which disease that it present from birth makes you attain high cholesterol levels?

Familial Hypercholesterolemia 

400
Changing a diet, different exercise rituals, etc. 

Lifestyle change


400

How could better markers and testing for the diseases help with?

You could know the chances that your offspring would have a disease. You could also identify if you have a disease early in your life so that you can plan for the future. 

500

What is a random benefit of a support group?

Answers may vary. 

Sample answers may include: People who identify with your condition, readily available information about your disease, and personal stories and encouragements to help you manage and live with your disease.

500

What is a mutation?

A mutation is a random change in your genes, which can cause a benign, malignant, or positive change in your DNA, and the mutation could be passed on to offspring. 

500

Which disease affects lungs/digestion because of a problem with your mucus membranes.

Cystic Fibrosis. 
500

You could join a _____ _____ which is a collection of people that could talk with you about your disease and ways to manage it

Support Group


500

What field of study researches new treatments?

Doctors and scientists. 

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