hereditary or not what percentage?

71jules · Post by **71jules** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 2:38 am

Hi I have been reading up on MS and am confused at what the percentage rate is for people who have family history compared to who doesn't.
I have been told by a friend it is unlikely for me to have because no family of mine has any autoimmune disease.

Would love some feedback please?

Jules

Post by **jimmylegs** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:12 am

jules, there's autoimmune all over my genetic inheritance, but nobody had ms.

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:17 am

My cousin in Utah was recently diagnosed.

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:10 am

I will find out in less than 2 hours if I have MS for sure or not. If I do, I can tell you that researching upto 5 generations back, no one in my family has or has had it.

cheerleader · Post by **cheerleader** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 6:57 am

No one in my hubby's family has any autoimmune disease...although he has a cousin by marriage (no blood relation) who's had MS for 30 years and she has been a huge help.
AC

LR1234 · Post by **LR1234** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:02 am

My family has a history of autoimmune diseases ( lots of Hashimotos(thyroid antiboidies) type 2 diabetes (I think thats autoimmune) and endometriosis which has not been proven to be autoimmune but I have my suspicions

mommasan · Post by **mommasan** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:37 am

We have crohns, hashimoto's, psoriosis in the family. No MS except me.

I have (had) sjogrens, endometriosis, MS and some weird thing that doesn't quite fall into any other autoimmune disease, but is autoimmune- hyperelastic skin. Well, I don't have the skin thing right now. HiCy resolved that- at least for now.

Lyon · Post by **Lyon** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:48 am

My wife's sister has psoriasis, which I hadn't realized was autoimmune. We had always attributed it to her working in a chloride factory. Another of her sisters appears to have alopecia areata, although I'm not sure she's ever been diagnosed. Her Father's sister died recently of aplastic anemia, which I was convinced was autoimmune, but isn't on the AARDA list. None of her relatives had/has MS to my awareness.
Bob

LR1234 · Post by **LR1234** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:48 am

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mommasan · Post by **mommasan** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:11 am

Hi Lx,

It's High Dose Cytoxan (Revimmune).

Sandy

mommasan · Post by **mommasan** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:19 am

Oh, and my kids have eosinophilic gastroenteritis- both are allergic to all foods since birth (probably autoimmune and/or mitochondrial disorder and coming from me) and I have had raynouds for about 30 years. Thank God we don't live in a Darwinian society.

flipflopper · Post by **flipflopper** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:37 am

No one in my family has ms or any autoimmune diseases.

skydog · Post by **skydog** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:57 am

I am not so sure about the genetic predisposition for ms. I really think for the most part its our new age lifestyle and chemical exposures that stress the body to a point where it can not fight off certain virus and bacteria. I am Swiss and Scotch Irish and my family on both sides can be traced back to the early 14th century. No sign of MS or the like. I have been instructing my daughter to be very careful since like me she has burned the candle at both ends and suffered from a bout of Mono at the same age as I had. This I believe is what put me in the shape I am in now.

71jules · Post by **71jules** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:08 pm

psoriasis? Really autoimmune, wow I woudn't have thought that.
Psoriasis is in my fathers family.
I look like I have already got a gene from my fathers side which is braca gene for breast cancer surely I can't inherit a gene which may lead to my diagnosis of MS.
Should I tell my Neuro that info because I said no family members have an autoimmune problems.

Very interesting what I read from you and thank you so much.

Jules

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hereditary or not what percentage?

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