NIA PIERCE, PERIOD 7

IT'S AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE, SO YOU HAVE TO GET IT FROM BOTH PARENTS

WHICH CONTROLS YOUR SIGHT, TOUCH, AND REACTIONS

HAS HEX-A GENE MUTATIONS ON IT

SEIZURES, BLINDNESS, DEAFNESS, INABILITY TO SWALLOW, AND MORE

IS THE MOST COMMON FORM FOUND IN INFANTS

IS RARE AND FOUND IN AGES 2-10

PATIENTS HAVE SYMPTOMS FROM ADOLESCENCE TO MID-30'S

ALTHOUGH IT'S MAINLY FOUND IN JEWS

A 25% CHANCE OF RECEIVING IT & A 50% CHANCE OF CARRYING IT

ARE DIAGNOSED WITH TAY-SACHS A YEAR

ABOUT 3,600 PEOPLE HAD TAY-SACHS

BY 90% TODAY