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| What is Tay Sachs Disease? |
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| Registered Charity No: 1071329 Supporting Families and Children Suffering With Tay-Sachs Disease |
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| Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal ginetic disorder. Babies born with this disease lack an enzyme that is necessary for breaking down certain fatty substances in the brain and nerve cells. As the nerve cells become distended with fatty material a relentless deterioration of mental and physical abilities occurs. The child becomes deaf, blind and unable to swallow. Muscles begin to stiffen and paralysis sets in. |
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Despite much research there is no known cure for this condition, even with the best care, children with Tay-Sachs disease usually die by age four. There can be no greater tragedy than to be told that your child suffers with an illness which will shorthen their lives. |
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| Tay-Sachs disease affects children who inherit two copies of an altered gene from their carrier parents. Carriers of Tay-Sachs disease are not affected themselves because they have a working gene as well as an altered one. Carrier parents have a one-in-four chance of having an affected child, a one-in-two chance of having a child that is an unaffected carrier and a one-in-four chance of having a child that does not carry any altered genes. |
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| Help to give these children, comfort, dignity and more quality of life to their years. Take some of the worry and strain from their families. |
| Help the children remain in the comfort and security of their own homes and familiar surroundings. |