How to Prevent HSAN-IV?

As HSAN IV is a hereditary disease and the birth of an affected child is preventable. There are a few methods to prevent the birth of an affected individual during pregnancy. First of all, genetic counselling is mainly use to advice parents on the probability of obtaining human genetic disease in the next generation. Genetic counselling is done mainly through family survey. Through genetic counselling, medical professionals will run a genetic diagnosis, chromosome and biochemical analysis to outcome in a true diagnosis (Medline Plus, 2016). Clinical application of the main sample collection methods are chorionic puncture, amniocentesis and umbilical vein puncture.

Next, prenatal diagnosis methods such as ultrasound diagnosis, biochemical immunity, cytogenetic diagnosis and molecular genetic diagnosis are a variety of tests to check on genetic disorders when a couple is expecting or planning to have a baby. One may follow up with genetic testing before conceiving if you or your partner has a family or medical history of genetic disorders. If there is a high probability of inheriting HSAN IV, the hospital provides advice to the patient, such as stopping fertility or terminating the pregnancy (Coghlan, 2016).

For drug therapy and surgery, there is no effective means to completely cure HSAN IV. Thus, PREVENTION IS OFTEN BETTER THAN CURE. The most effective and direct way to avoid suffering from HSAN IV is to try not to have such children.

References:

Medline Plus. (2016). Genetic counselling. U.S. National Library of Medicine Website. Retrieved on October 10, 2016 from https://medlineplus.gov/geneticcounseling.html

Coghlan, C. (2016). Should you consider preconception genetic testing? The Bump Website.   Retrieved on October 10, 2016 from http://www.thebump.com/a/is-preconception-genetic-testing-right-for-you