Tay-Sachs Disease By:Onjane’ Johnson, Amelia Duong, and Helen Sdao 7-5

What is Tay-Sachs Disease? Tay-Sachs Disease a fatal disease in infants that causes them to become deaf, blind, and unable to swallow.

Children with Tay-Sachs will slowly stop doing things that humans do. A child with Tay-Sachs will have “cherry red spots”, or little red spots, in their eyes.

This disease is when a child is missing a very important enzyme, that is suppose to get rid of a fatty substance. When the enzyme is missing the fatty substance builds up in the brain and causes a lot of fatal problems

This disease mostly effects Eastern Europeans and Ashkenazi Jews.

Tay-Sachs is completely genetic and is able to be detected when the female is still pregnant.

R r If both parents are carriers of Tay-Sachs, then the child has a *25% chance of not having the disease at all *50% chance of being a carrier *25% chance of having the disease. R RR Rr This child will have not be a carrier of Tay Sachs This child will be a carrier of the disease Rr rr r This child will be a carrier of the disease too. This child will have and be effected by Tay-Sachs.

So far, there is no cure for Tay-Sachs Children who have this disease usually die before the age of 4, even if they are well taken care of

Did You Know?? Tay Sachs was discovered by Dr. Tay and Dr. Sachs *About 16 people a year in the United States are diagnosed with Tay-Sachs. A baby with Tay-Sachs is unable to smile 

There is no cure for Tay-Sachs, but some children are given medication to stop seizures and pain. One in every 27 Ashkenazi Jew is a carrier of Tay-Sachs in the US. One in every 30 Eastern Europeans in the US is a carrier of TSD