• Question: what is stargardt's disease and how does it pass on to other people in the family and is there any treatment for it?

    Asked by beaniebeans13 to Anna, Chris, Jane, Iain, Nick on 12 Mar 2014.
    • Photo: Anna Middleton

      Anna Middleton answered on 12 Mar 2014:

      Hi @beaniebeans13 Stargardt’s disease is an eye condition that is usually inherited from parents who are ‘carriers’ for it. This means that the parents are not affected but they have a chance of passing it on to their children.

      People with Stargardt’s are unlikely to pass it on to their own children unless they have a child with someone else who also has Stargardt’s or someone who is a carrer.

      Are you worried about this or do you know someone with it? If so, going to see a genetic counsellor is helpful (I’m a genetic counsellor myself). A GP can put you in touch with the local ones. Genetic counsellors can explain more about the inheritance of the condition and also the ways of coping with it.

Comments

  • Photo: beaniebeans13

    beaniebeans13 commented on :

    hi um yh my mum has it and I was just wondering u know if I might well my dad is her cousin, so yeah and her own sister has it too and her husband too so there is no treatment for it so I was thinkin it might be interesting if maybe you could study it cuz no treatment do yeah