Not cancer
Development of such diseases as gastritis, ulcer, migraine, inflammation of the intestine, etc. is determined by the combination of several genes in one person. Each such gene is not pathological in isolation. But a certain combination of them has a manifestation of diseases. Of course, in order for the disease to manifest itself, a certain influence of a complex of environmental factors is necessary. For example, if you have inherited a predisposition to a stomach ulcer, but lead a healthy lifestyle, eat regularly and regularly, do not experience frequent nervous overloads and stress, regularly exercise, then most likely the disease does not manifest itself. But is it possible at our rich, life so pedantically protect yourself? At the same time, you do not want to make your body suffer.
Is it possible to fight?
To prevent the development of the disease, it is possible to carry out a DNA diagnosis in advance by making a genetic passport. To date, genodiagnosis is the most important laboratory method of modern medicine, which allows diagnosing and treating diseases at an early stage, and also reveals the risk of many diseases. Interpretation of genetic testing gives a result of 99.9%. Having received the results of the study, we can prevent the development of the disease. This method of prevention is called pharmacogenetics. We select the patient preparations that prevent the appearance of the disease. Define the diet, which he adheres.
Oncological diseases
With oncology, everything is not so unambiguous. Cancer can be transmitted from grandmother to granddaughter, and from mother to daughter. The development of malignant education depends on the presence of other gene changes, which is why not every carrier will certainly fall ill with cancer, but the risk of the disease is much higher. The fact is that the predisposition to cancer, provided that there was oncology in the family, in a child of 5 ° / 5 ° - Half of our patients have completely healthy genes, while the other has a high risk of cancers. The genetic component, of course, is present in any cancer. Since he, first of all, is a genetic disorder. But such a violation and the transmission of the disease by heredity are not the same thing. That is, cancer arises from a violation in the genome of a single cell. This cell begins to share and develop cancer. Often these changes occur only in a cancerous cell and are not transmitted from generation to generation. In other words, they are not inherited.
Is it possible to fight?
To calm your nerves, not to let the cancer disease manifest your temper, go through genetic testing. According to the test results, we can say whether the occurrence of cancer is likely. If there is a predisposition, it is necessary to conduct a course of increasing the antitumor immunity. To do this, you will take special drugs for a certain time. The period of treatment depends on the degree of risk of the disease. The analysis will also reveal what factors can trigger the onset of the disease.
Weight category
If the diseases can bypass you by virtue of the fact that everyone in the family possessed excellent health, then the constitutional features we directly inherit from our parents and relatives. Many tend to attribute to these features a tendency to overweight and obesity. By inheritance, most commonly the "broad bone", high growth, the general structure of the body. For what you will have the type of body build, both mom and dad respond. As for excess weight, the predisposition to it is also transmitted from the parents. More precisely, we get from them a certain number of lipocytes, fat cells. The number of them does not change, but the size of these cells depends on their owner. That is, if your parents are full, then you will be given a large number of lipocytes, and provided that you eat improperly, eat a lot of fatty foods, do not follow the regime, neglect sports, you will certainly gain excess weight. In addition to the fact that we get such constitutional features from our parents, our eating habits are laid in the family. As a rule, fat people eat large portions, and children, respectively, receive the same amount of food as adults. Most importantly, the offspring are forced to eat everything, so that nothing remains in the dish, even if they do not have a desire at the moment. The habit is in unlimited quantity, eventually, is fixed and as a result sooner or later leads to obesity. A person can no longer restrict himself and it is difficult for him to go on a diet, even if this is very desirable.
Is it possible to fight?
Everything is in your power, and if you want to lose weight, even with a hereditary predisposition to excess weight, this is possible, and is not fiction. The main thing - do not give up! Your problem will be solved by professional doctors using the most modern methods.
- Is it worth doing a genetic analysis? - The answer to this question is ambiguous. Unfortunately, such an analysis is not done by ordinary polyclinics, and it can only be done in paid clinics that specialize in genetic research. While such clinics are few even in the capital, so the prices are quite high.
- 30 000 - 57 000 rubles on average will cost a common genetic passport (all oncomarkers, ulcer, cirrhosis, ischemic disease, diabetes, obesity, gastritis, migraine, hernia, risk of pathologies in pregnancy, etc.), not including the conclusion of a geneticist . However, doctors can offer to make a DNA diagnosis of a particular disease, if it scares you more than others. The prices for certain types of diagnostics differ quite strongly.
- At 2 400 rubles will cost you confirmation of the development of breast cancer and the definition of the appearance of oncology.
- 4 800 rubles is an analysis of the predisposition to thrombosis. Prices outside of Moscow, as a rule, are slightly lower. The study is done on DNA extracted from blood or scraping (from the inside of the cheek).
- Choose a diet. If you have pronounced hereditary obesity and diets do not help, go through the genotesting. Thanks to genetic analysis, it became possible to find the key to the sources of metabolic processes, to obtain information about how the organism works at the molecular level. When solving the problem of excess weight by the results of the analysis, we learn how the fats are metabolized by this person, where they are then transported, whether they are deposited in vessels, fatty tissue or in the liver. If you have an increased appetite, genetic analysis will show what is involved. Based on the test, you can choose a diet for the patient, which he can adhere to throughout his life and maintain a normal weight.
- Choose the right exercise. To keep weight, you need to actively engage in sports. But what kind of physical education will be effective for you, will help to learn the DNA-diagnosis of sports data. Since the activity of enzymes responsible for "fat burning" during exercise is programmed genetically (it can be low or high), the result of the analysis will tell us why someone is losing weight well on the treadmill, and someone is not losing weight. This can be done both in order to develop a more effective weight loss program, or a set of muscle mass, and to determine what kind of sport you can achieve great success.
- Correctly assess your capabilities and follow the instructions of specialists. In order to find out what kind of exercise is right for you to lose weight, we evaluate the DNA analysis in several categories: metabolic rate, muscle building, strength, endurance, and health. For example, you have a fairly fast metabolism, but you are also rapidly building muscle mass. Because of the latter, you will maintain weight, despite the fact that the fat mass will decrease. Therefore, we can conclude that you do not fit training with lifting weights, and it is worth to do fitness or aerobics. With regard to endurance, based on the capabilities of your body, you will be told how much time you need to spend on training a day, so as not to harm your health and your figure.
Characteristics
Are the character traits and the tendency to experience certain feelings (such as sadness, happiness, loneliness) from parents to children? This issue is still open and not fully understood. Around this topic, many hypotheses are built, but often in the circle of an ordinary family you can hear: "you are as depressed as your father", or "you are as kind as your mother." Emotions that we experience, or rather, the chemicals that our brain generates when we have different moods, affect the germ cells of reproduction. Their fusion is capable of forming the psyche of the child at the moment of conception. For example, if relatives of one of the parents were prone to depression, this would be transmitted to the child. But on the other hand, in many respects the formation of personality traits is influenced by external factors. This is determined by the environment in which the child grows and develops, as well as by the level of his mental and physical health. In the literature, many cases have been described, when the separated monozygotic twins (with absolutely identical genes) were brought up for rearing in completely different families. Accordingly, both the character and habits of them formed different. Similar they remained only externally. The same sense of depression, which, according to scientists, is inherited, can be developed in the child by the parents who bring him up. Children are deeply concerned about the depression of their parents. They feel guilty for the natural requirements for their age and come to the conviction that their needs are exhausting and draining others. The earlier children begin to experience dependence on any of the adults permanently in deep depression, the greater their emotional deprivation. But all the same, the influence of genes can not be denied. They are responsible for the synthesis of a particular type of protein, which can affect the concentration of other substances in the human brain. Therefore, we can conclude that, for example, benevolence, trustfulness, sincerity and optimism are also inherited. After all, these hormones are responsible for the hormone of social connections, oxytocin, which is produced by the hypothalamus. And the level of oxytocin in the blood is determined at the genetic level.
Is it possible to fight?
All the clarified facts at the moment - only a consequence of the experiments of scientists. In addition, the formation of personality is equally affected by education and the environment. If you have a severe depression in the genetic line, you can correct the condition with the help of a psychotherapist. In extreme cases, you will have to undergo a periodic course of treatment with antidepressants.