Albinism with fever related infections and tiredness (blood disorders – neutropenia – low levels of white blood cells), neurological disorders and blood clotting conditions.
Albinism with bruising and bleeding under the skin and breathing difficulties (pulmonary fibrosis-thickening or scarring of the tissue of the walls of the air sacs in the lungs)
In most cases, including all types of oculocutaneous albinism and some types of ocular albinism, albinism is passed on in an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. This means a child has to inherit two copies of the faulty gene (one from each parent) to have the condition.
If both parents carry the gene, there’s a 1 in 4 chance that their child will have albinism and a 1 in 2 chance that their child will be a carrier. Carriers don’t have albinism but can pass on the faulty gene.
X-linked inheritance
Some types of ocular albinism are passed on in an X-linked inheritance pattern. This pattern affects boys and girls differently: girls who inherit the faulty gene become carriers and boys who inherit the faulty gene will get albinism.
When a mother is a carrier of an X-linked type of albinism, each of her daughters has a 1 in 2 chance of becoming a carrier and each of her sons has a 1 in 2 chance of having albinism.
When a father has an X-linked type of albinism, his daughters will become carriers, and his sons won’t have albinism and won’t be carriers.
Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia [skin on most of the body may be abnormally thin, dry, and soft with an abnormal lack of pigmentation (hypopigmentation). However, the skin around the eyes (periorbital) may be darkly pigmented (hyperpigmentation) and finely wrinkled, appearing prematurely aged]
Waardenburg syndrome – [hearing loss this syndrome can cause eye problems and abnormalities in the pigment (colour) of the hair and eyes]
Please talk to your healthcare professional (i.e. Medical Doctor/Pharmacist) for further advice
Detailed Information
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