About Genetic Counseling
Genetic counseling advises on the risk of development and transmission of genetic disorders.
Major steps in genetic counseling would involve:
1. Confirmation of the diagnosis
2. Construction of family pedigree
3. Explaining the disease process to the patient and their family
4. Calculating & interpreting the risk of disease transmission
Finally, discuss with the patient and the family on the options available to manage the condition that would include genetic testing.
Benefits
- Helps to understand the genetic health
- Proposes solutions to improve your wellbeing based on test results
- Patients suspected with hereditary disease in the family,
- Advanced parental age,
- Fetus or child with birth defects,
- Child with mental retardation,
- Recurrent and or spontaneous abortions,
- Consanguinity etc