Question

Mention any two autosomal genetic disorders with their symptoms.

Answer 1

Autosomal genetic disorders are

Autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive and examples are Huntington's disease and Cystic fibrosis respectively.

Symptoms of Huntington's Disease:- noticible between the ages 35-45 years most characteristic is chorea exibited as general restlessness, patient loses coordination, difficulty in chewing and speaking, weight loss etc.

Symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis:- the symptoms are varied depends upon the organ. Symptoms appear in the newborn like obestruction in bowel because of thicking of intestinal mucus. Patients body has salty tasty skin. Lung mucus gets accumulated and thickened which causes often lung diseases, poor growth and weight gain because thicking of musus causes difficulty in absorption of nutrients from intetines.