Friday, September 25, 2009

What are the chances your future children will have bi polar disorder?

If your grandmother and your father had bi polar disorder (in other words, one of your parents and one their parents) should you be worried that if you have children they may develop bi polar?


All that is really known is that the illness does run in families therefore to be cautious it would be prudent to say there is a higher chance that your children may develop bi polar disorder. It seems the chance increases the more of your family members have the illness and how close you are to them, as in father or mother as opposed to distant cousins.


The genes that carry the illness have not been identified yet so a DNA check cannot necessarily check currently on your chances.


The study of twins is intersting in terms of if one has the illness then what are the odds the other will get it? To find this out read more about this article http://www.afbmh.org/public/articles/WhatAreTheChancesMyFutureChildrenWillHaveBiPolar.htm

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