Question

Which individual is most likely to benefit from consulting a genetic counselor?
a 10-year-old child who has a cold
a 20-year-old male from a healthy family
a 30-year-old woman who has two healthy children
a 35-year-old male who has high blood pressure

Answer 1

Process of elimination is a good way to approach a problem like this. For example, a colds are rarely directly caused by genetic disorders (unless the genetic disorder affects the immune system, or affects the child's ability to cope with colds such as the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis - but those are special cases). So it's probably not A.

Similarly, people from or with healthy families probably have no serious diseases lurking in their genes....

Answer 2

is it c

Answer 3

She has two healthy children - so it's not likely that either of them has a genetic disorder...

Answer 4

b

Answer 5

If he is from a healthy family, it's very unlikely that his ancestors had any major genetic disorders. So it's very unlikely that he has the genes for any disorders No, I don't think it's b.