Handbook of Genetic Counseling/Hyper-extensibility

Hyper-extensibility

Contracting

 * Review a few things about medical history
 * Review a few things about family history
 * Physical exam
 * Make any testing recommendations
 * Answer any questions

Psychosocial Issues

 * Issue of nothing being wrong…may have to deal with the possibility of something else being wrong than the original thought (glaucoma/nearsightedness/Stickler's)
 * Mom not recognizing the hyper-extensibility of herself/children/family.

Other possible counseling issues

 * Dominant inheritance (Stickler's syndrome, inheritance)
 * Recessive inheritance
 * Multifactorial inheritance