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Genetic disorders support groups
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Show all genetic disorders groups
89 groups
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Achondroplasia
3 groups
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Acoustic neuroma
1 group
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Addison's disease
3 groups
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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
4 groups
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Alport syndrome
5 groups
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Alzheimer's disease
3 groups
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
4 groups
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Ankylosing spondylitis
4 groups
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Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS)
6 groups
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Breast cancer
9 groups
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Brugada syndrome
1 group
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Cervical cancer
8 groups
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT)
3 groups
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Chronic granulomatous disease
3 groups
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Colorectal cancer
7 groups
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
3 groups
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
1 group
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Crohn's disease
3 groups
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Cushing's syndrome
1 group
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Cystic fibrosis
6 groups
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Down syndrome
9 groups
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy
3 groups
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Dwarfism
3 groups
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Dystonia
1 group
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Early-onset sarcoidosis
3 groups
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Ectopic kidney
3 groups
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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
1 group
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Esophageal cancer
6 groups
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Ewing's sarcoma
11 groups
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Fabry disease
12 groups
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Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
3 groups
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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)
2 groups
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Fanconi anemia
3 groups
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Friedreich's ataxia
3 groups
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Goodpasture's syndrome
5 groups
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Hearing disorders and deafness
2 groups
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Hemochromatosis
6 groups
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Hemophilia
4 groups
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Hepatocellular carcinoma
5 groups
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High cholesterol
10 groups
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Hirschsprung's disease
2 groups
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Huntington's disease
4 groups
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Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome
1 group
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Leukodystrophies
3 groups
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Long QT syndrome
2 groups
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Lysosomal disease
4 groups
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Marfan syndrome
3 groups
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Mucopolysaccharidoses
3 groups
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Multiple endocrine neoplasia
1 group
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Muscular dystrophy
3 groups
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Myelodysplastic syndromes
5 groups
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Neurofibromatosis
4 groups
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Organic acidemia
4 groups
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Osteoarthritis
4 groups
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Osteogenesis imperfecta
2 groups
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Osteoporosis
5 groups
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Parkinson's disease
2 groups
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Phenylketonuria
2 groups
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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)
2 groups
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Porphyria
1 group
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Prader-Willi syndrome
3 groups
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Prostate cancer
8 groups
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Pulmonary hypertension
1 group
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Rare diseases
14 groups
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Retinoblastoma
7 groups
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Rhabdomyosarcoma
10 groups
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Romano-Ward syndrome
1 group
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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
3 groups
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Sickle cell anemia
2 groups
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Solitary kidney
4 groups
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Spinal muscular atrophy
6 groups
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Tay-Sachs disease
4 groups
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Testicular failure
5 groups
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Thalassemia
3 groups
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Tuberous sclerosis
1 group
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Turner's syndrome
2 groups
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Usher syndrome
2 groups
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Uterine cancer
8 groups
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Von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL)
3 groups
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Wilson's disease
3 groups
Genetic disorders
A genetic disorder is a disease caused by a different form of a gene called a variation, or an alteration of a gene called a mutation. Many diseases have a genetic aspect. Some, including many cancers, are caused by a mutation in a gene or group of genes in a person's cells. These mutations can occur randomly or because of an environmental exposure such as cigarette smoke.
Other genetic disorders are inherited. A mutated gene is passed down through a family and each generation of children can inherit the gene that causes the disease. Still other genetic disorders are due to problems with the number of packages of genes called chromosomes.