Question

Mrs. Erica Jackson realized that something was wrong with her child’s skin. She found that holding her child caused severe blisters to form. The blisters broke, became infected, scarred, and eventually the child’s fingers fused together. What disorder did the child have? Is it genetic? What are the treatments?

Answer 1

Answer: Epidermolysis bullosa. It is genetic.

Step-by-step explanation:

The disorder that the child have is referred to as epidermolysis bullosa. It is a disorder of the connective tissue and it's genetic. The disease causes blisters on the skin of an infected person.

Some of the treatments for epidermolysis bullosa include:

• Cell based therapies.

• Protein replacement therapies.

• Gene therapy.

• Bone marrow transplantation.