WHAT IS GENETIC COUNSELING?

Genetic counseling is a service provided by a medical genetics expert with a medical degree (geneticist). This consultation is essentially meant for you to receive detailed information and guidance.

 

We can answer questions about medical conditions that affect you or about diseases that run in the family. Often the main concern is finding a matching diagnosis for a symptom pattern of unknown origin or to find a genetic cause for a disease already diagnosed.

 

During your consultation we can provide you an unterstanding of theoretical (characeristic symptoms) and diagnostic (genetic testing methods) fundamentals of the usually rare genetic disease.

 

We also support you with information about

• specialised medical facilities
• self-help organisations
• contact details of people who can help you further