Pre-marital counselling and testing plays an important role in the detection of many genetic disorders. Counselling is useful to explain the underlying nature of these genetic diseases; when there is a lack of understanding , a variety of genetic diseases tend to surface.
An individual or couple who has concerns about inheritance of a condition or disease in their children require information prior to marriage for making an informed choice. This is important in consaguineous (relatives) marriages which are prevalent in our country
Genetic counselling helps in identifying families at increased risk, and provides them with risk information and carrier testing when feasible