scimecaf+alph-1+antitrypsin+deficiency

Alph-1 antitrypsin deficiency  Alph-1 is caused deffective production of alpha-1, leading to decreased activity in the blood and the lungs.
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to get this disorder a child must inherit one abnormal gene from each parent to develop the disease. If a child inherits a normal gene from one parent and an abnormal gene from the other he/she will only be a carrier. This disease damages the tiny air sacs in the lungs. Then since your lungs are damaged they aren’t able to expand and contract well enough for the person to breath normally, because of this you may wheeze or cough.. Many patients of alpha-1 deficancy may also develop lung diseases, emphysema, asthma, or chronic bronchitis.
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checking a sample of patients blood for alph-1 antitrypsin levels, also you will need x-rays to check, lung function tests, lung volume measurements, and also blood tests to test the funtion of your liver.

 injections of apha-1 antitrypsin are givin every week from the blood of healthy donors, therapy can show progress but does not cure apha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
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Researchers are currently experimenting with gene therapy, in which the patient is given the healthy gene using a modified virus. > >
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 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is one of the most common ato-somal recessive disorders
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">This disorder is hard to spot because people are often not diagnosed until middle adulthood
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Patients with this disorder need to stay away from tobacco because smoking worsens the disease
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