Epidermolysis bullosa

Because this is an inherited disease, the only truly preventive measure would be avoiding further pregnancies unless prenatal diagnosis (and intervention, if positive) or in-vitro fertilization and preimplantation diagnosis were pursued. This would apply to those confirmed to have autosomal dominant disease or for couples known to be silent carriers for the same type of autosomal recessive form of epidermolysis bullosa.

The only preventive action available for inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is prenatal or preimplantation diagnosis for those parents already known to carry mutations for this disease.