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A 27-year-old female asked:
can people turn blue because of genetic?
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Dr. Louis Reznickanswered
Family Medicine 51 years experience
YES: Blue is sometimes from co2 when you have pulmonary disease causing an increase in carbon dioxide.Other reasons for blue color is co2 from venous stasis like varicose veins. Heart disease is another reason for turning blue. Bad genes that are inherited from parents to
have a lot to contribute to this problem
checkup with your doctor is important to finding the cause. This includes family history.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Is cardiomyopathy genetically heritable?
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Dr. Barton Cookanswered
Pediatric Cardiology 31 years experience
Yes and No: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is. Some types of dilated cardiomyopathy are. Others are the result of viral infections.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Does genetics play a role in susceptibility to pseudomonas aeruginosa?
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Dr. Michael Depietroanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 35 years experience
Not primary: Susceptibility to pseudomonas is observed when the normal defenses we have against infection are broken down, for example when a patient is very ill in the intensive care unit on a ventilator or breathing machine) mostly this is an acquired problem. However in cystic fibrosis, which is a genetic disease there is a particular tendency to get infected with this bacteria.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Is paget's disease genetic?
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Dr. Danielle Jonesanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 8 years experience
Sometimes: There are two diseases termed "paget's disease." one is a rare type of breast cancer with unknown, likely multifactorial, etiology. The other is paget's disease of the bone for which there is a genetic predisposition and exposure to certain viruses may trigger the disease. Here's a link to more info about Paget's of the bone: http://www.Mayoclinic.Com/health/pagets-disease-of-bone/ds00485.
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A 26-year-old member asked:
Can pityriasis rosea be passed down from generation to generation?
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Dr. Morris Westfriedanswered
Dermatology 46 years experience
No.: I am not aware of any genetic tendency as in psoriasis where 70 per cent have a family member with psoriasis.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Is tetanus genetic?
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
No: Susceptability to tetanus is more or less universal. The spores(egg) of the germ begins to grow in a wound and produce a toxin that circulates in the blood. Where the toxin goes it begins to interfere with the nervous system.
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