Question

Both sickle cells anaemia and Huntington chorea are:

Options

• Bacteria related diseases

• Congenital disorders

• Pollutant-induced disorders

• Virus-related diseases

Answer 1

Congenital disorders

Explanation:

Huntington's chorea and sickle cell anaemia are both congenital genetic decoders. James Herrick was the first to describe sickle cell anaemia (1940). Patients with this disease have haemoglobin levels that are half of what they should be, and their RBCs are sickle-shaped.