Gene Testing chungchanga i hriat tur chu!

‘DNA test’ emaw ‘gene testing’ emaw tih i hre ngai em? I doctor-in a hrilh che emaw, TV-a movie-a i hmuh emaw pawh a ni thei. Eng nge a tih tak tak? Kan taksaa natna awmte chauh ni lovin, kan genetics chungchang pawh hriatna hlu tak a pe thei a ni. I hriatthiam theih khawpin a awlsam zawngin sawi ila.

DNA test hi eng nge ni tak tak?

A awlsam zawngin, DNA test, a nih loh leh genetic test hian i gene, chromosome, leh DNA-a danglamna a zawng a. Hengte hi kan taksa chhunga thil awm zawng zawng thununtu ‘thupek’ angin ngaihtuah teh. Kan san zawng, mit rawng leh sam rawng te hi heng genes-ah hian a innghat mai ni lovin, natna thenkhat kan vei theihna tur a hril bawk.

He chhui chianna hian thu pawimawh engemaw zat hriatthiamna thuk zawk kan neih theih nan min pui thei a ni:

• Natna engemaw a awm leh awm loh finfiah: Symptom thenkhat awm mahse, heng test te hian natna awmzia dik tak finfiah nan a pui thin.
• Nakin lawka natna i vei theihna tur hre rawh: Natna thenkhat, entirnan, cancer chi thenkhat te hian an thanlennaah genetic influence an nei a. Chuvangin hlauhawm i nih leh nih loh i hre lawk thei ang.
• I fate hnena i pek theih tur genetic condition chungchang zir rawh: Genetic condition thenkhat symptoms i lantir lo a nih pawhin chu condition ‘carrier’ i ni thei. Chumi awmzia chu altered gene chu i fa hnenah i pass thei tihna a ni.

DNA test chi hrang hrangte chu engte nge ni?

Genetic test chi hrang hrang a awm a. I doctor chuan i chhungkaw chanchin leh i natna lan chhuah dan a zirin i tana tha ber test chu a rawt ang che. A chi hrang hrang hi han thlir ila.

Heng genetic test te hi eng atan nge an hman?

Genetic testing hi damdawi hmanraw hlu tak a ni. A hmanna dinhmun thenkhat chu hetiang hi a ni.

Nu naupai tan prenatal testing neih a ni

Naupai lai hian heng test te hian nausen piang lai gene emaw chromosome emaw a inthlak danglamna eng pawh a hmuchhuak thei a ni. Hei hian naupangin genetic disease a neih theihna tur a hriat lawk theih nan a pui thei a ni.

Diagnostic test neih a ni

Symptoms i neih chuan he test hian genetic condition avanga lo awm a nih leh nih loh hriat theih nan a pui thei a ni.

Carrier screening neih a ni

Genetic natna thenkhat a awm a, chu natna atana gene danglam chu i taksaah nei mah la, symptoms i lantir lovang. "Carrier" tia koh i ni. Fa neih tum nu leh pa pahnihte hi natna inang kengtu an nih chuan naupangin chu natna chu a vei theihna chance 25% a awm a ni. Chuvangin he test hian carrier i nih leh nih loh a hriattir thei che a ni.

Nau piang thar screening neih a ni

Naute a pian veleh a genetic leh medical condition thenkhat a awm leh awm loh test a ni. Hei hian natna a awm chuan a rang thei ang bera enkawl tan theih a ni.

Predictive leh pre-symptomatic testing neih a ni

Heng test te hian nakin lawkah natna engemaw (e.g., cancer chi hrang hrang) i vei theihna tur genetic risk sang zawk i nei em tih a tarlang thei a, tunah hian symptom i nei lo a nih pawhin.

Pharmacogenomic hmanga enfiah a ni

Hei hi thil mak tak a ni. He test hian damdawi thenkhatin engtin nge a nghawng dawn che tih te, i tan a thawk tha dawn em tih te, leh a him ber tur chu eng nge ni tih te, i genetic makeup atanga thlirin a hrilh thei che a ni. Hei hian i doctor-in i tana ṭha ber enkawlna a thlan theih nan a pui thei a ni.

Genetic test hmangin eng natna nge hriat theih?

Genetic test hian natna tinreng a hmuchhuak thei lo tih hriat reng a pawimawh. Tin, test result positive chuan chu natna chu i vei dawn tihna a ni hauh lo. Mahse, natna engemaw zat hriatchhuahna kawngah an tangkai hle. Entirna thenkhat chu hetiang hi a ni:

• Down syndrome tih hi a ni
• Cystic fibrosis natna (cystic fibrosis) a awm thin
• Sickle cell natna a ni
• Huntington natna a ni
• Hereditary cancer thenkhat, hnute cancer leh colon cancer te hi a ni

Engtin nge he test hi tih a nih?

A kalphung awlsam tak a ni. I doctor chuan hmeichhe naupai hnen atangin i thisen, sam, vun, tissue, emaw amniotic fluid sample a la ang . Chumi hnuah sample chu lab-ah thawn a ni. Chutah chuan mithiamte chuan i genes, chromosomes emaw DNA emaw chu a danglamna a awm leh awm loh an test ang a, i result chu i doctor hnenah an thawn leh ang.

Heng test-ah hian risk a awm em?

DNA test tam zawk hian taksa lama hlauhawmna a nei tlem hle. Thisen tlemte lak ang maia awlsam an ni. Mahse, test thenkhat, naupai laiin nausen pum atanga tui lak te hian natna kai leh nau pai theihna a tlem hle .

Mahse, a hlauhawmna lian zawk chu rilru lam leh sum lam a ni .

• Psychological impact: Beisei loh result i hmuh chuan thinrimna, hlauhna, lungngaihna leh lungkhamna ang chi rilru put hmang i nei thei.
• Sum leh pai lam: Genetic testing hi a man a to thei a, chuvangin test hmain chu chu hriat chian a tha.

Results hian eng nge a sawi?

Genetic test result hriatthiam hi a chang chuan a buaithlak thei hle. I doctor chuan result chu i medical history nen a khaikhin ang a, dik takin a sawifiah ang. Results hi chi thum a awm a.

| Result | A awmzia |

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| Positive tak tak | Chumi awmzia chu laboratory-ah chuan natna thlentu genetic change an hmuchhuak tihna a ni. Hei hian i natna hmuhchhuah chu a nemnghet thei a, natna kengtu i nihzia a nemnghet thei a, natna kai theihna a sang zawk tih a nemnghet thei bawk. |

| Negative lam hawi | Chumi awmzia chu natna thlentu genetic change chu hmuh a ni lo tihna a ni. Hei hian diagnosis a hnawl thei a, natna kengtu i nih lohzia a nemnghet thei a, a nih loh leh hlauhawmna sang zawk i nei lo tih a hriat theih bawk. |

| Thil chiang lo | Chumi awmzia chu, thlahtu inthlak danglamna (genetic change) hmuhchhuah a nih pawhin, natna thlentu emaw, harsatna awm lo emaw, inthlak danglamna pangngai a nih leh nih loh hriat theihna tur information a awm tawk lo tihna a ni. Hei hi kan DNA-ah hian kan hriselna tichhe lo thil tenawm tak tak kan nei vek vang a ni. |