You should have a colonoscopy every 10 years starting at age 50. Alternatively, you may get a flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years, a double-contrast barium enema every five years or a CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every five years. However, a colonoscopy will be needed if any of those results are positive.
Jena Pincott explains that even after a mother gives birth, her babyâs cells remain inside her body â and work tiny wonders. In an excerpt from her book Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?, Pincott explains that pregnancy is really only the beginning for mother and baby cell-sharing.
Traditionally marriage precedes the birth of a child, but not always, so call it what it is: sex. So the question is if a man (genotype AS) has sex with a woman (genotype AS), will the baby be at risk for sickle cell anemia. There is a 25% chance that the child will have the disease (genotype SS).