PREVENTIVE MEASURES FOR HEREDITARY DISEASES

Abstract

Every individual wishes to leave behind healthy offspring. The deterioration of the ecological environment, both in Uzbekistan and worldwide, negatively affects the birth of healthy children. The severe course of hereditary diseases, their frequent fatal outcomes, the absence of effective treatment methods for many of them, and their transmission from generation to generation make the development of preventive measures an issue of great importance.

If young people seek medical genetic counseling before or after marriage or during pregnancy, they significantly increase their chances of having healthy children. The primary goal of medical genetic counseling centers is to prevent the birth of children with hereditary diseases.

This article examines the types of prevention of hereditary diseases, medical genetic counseling, prenatal diagnosis, the consequences of consanguineous marriages, as well as prospects in the treatment and prevention of hereditary diseases. It highlights current achievements in medicine and ongoing challenges in this field.