The nurse is caring for a patient with Huntington disease. The patient asks if his disease will affect future children. Which reply is most appropriate?
a. "Huntingdon disease does not have a ge-netic component."
b. "Male children would have Huntington disease and female children would be car-riers."
c. "Huntington disease is caused by an au-toimmune response."
d. "The genetic nature of the disease means that 50% of your children will inherit it."
D
Huntington disease is an autosomal dominant disorder, meaning that 50% of the children of a person who has the disease will inherit it. If a child does not inherit the disease, the gene is not passed on to the next generation. Huntington disease has an autosomal link and can be passed on to 50% of the children of a person with the disease.
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