Patient's question:
A 27-year-old woman is not in good mental state and feels sick. After checking, she found out which disease it was. Please ask: Can pregnancy be checked to see if the fetus has albinism?Doctor's answer:
At 16 weeks of pregnancy, the chromosomal abnormalities of the fetus can be detected through amniocentesis, which can then be used to infer the risk of albinism. Albinism is an autosomal recessive genetic disease, so the fetus may only be at risk if there is a history of albinism in the family. If neither partner's family has a history of albinism, the likelihood of the fetus developing albinism is relatively low, and there is no need to worry too much.