What Is Ehlers Danlos?
3. Causes
A sperm will contain a man’s DNA, while an egg will contain a woman’s DNA. When the egg meets the sperm, the DNA will be shared, and the offspring will have characteristics from both parents. Sometimes, the parents will have faulty genes, and this is often passed on to the child also, which is the cause behind Ehlers Danlos.
Inheriting faulty genes doesn’t always mean problems for the child. Sometimes the risk of problems developing is 50/50 if one parent passes it on. In some cases, the faulty gene would need to have been passed on from both parents for there to be a problem.
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