Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 > > i have a question,that is haunting me now, i just found out that my > mothers real mother had ra, " my mom was adopted my her aunt and uncle > when her parents died when she was every young " . my dad has ra, he > found out two yrs ago. and me, just found out for sure two months ago. > now my question...my son, he is 23, engaged to married and someday a > family of his own. do i have to worry about him having ra too. and my > future grandchild " who i am looking forward to having " . do i worry > about them too. any input would be helpful....thanks brenda , I Have read that it does not run in the family but my Mom Grandpa and I have it my 30yrs son might have it and I am not to sure about my daughter as she is having trouble already and she is only 25 So I would say it does. what does everyone else think? Good luck to you and your family Janet IN IL > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I am the only one in my family to have this disease. I have even checked back on deceased relatives and no one ever had Ra. I believe mine came from a neck injury. I think it just triggered something in me. My rheumy agrees with this theory. I worry that I may have past the tendency to have this on to my children. My rheumy told me that he believes in his life time there will be a cure for RA. So all we can do is hope and pray. Lynn (MeMom) [ ] Re: running in the family > >> >> i have a question,that is haunting me now, i just found out that my >> mothers real mother had ra, " my mom was adopted my her aunt and > uncle >> when her parents died when she was every young " . my dad has ra, he >> found out two yrs ago. and me, just found out for sure two months > ago. >> now my question...my son, he is 23, engaged to married and someday a >> family of his own. do i have to worry about him having ra too. and > my >> future grandchild " who i am looking forward to having " . do i worry >> about them too. any input would be helpful....thanks brenda > > , I Have read that it does not run in the family but my Mom > Grandpa and I have it my 30yrs son might have it and I am not to sure > about my daughter as she is having trouble already and she is only 25 > So I would say it does. what does everyone else think? > Good luck to you and your family > Janet IN IL >> > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 , I wouldn't worry. Try to let this idea give you some comfort: Identical twin studies have shown that the rate of identical twins where both have RA is a maximum of approximately 30% (that would mean that in 70% of the sets, only one of the identical twins has RA). Several studies show that the true rate is probably closer to about 15% (in 85% of the sets, only one of the identical twins has RA). Not an MD I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] running in the family i have a question,that is haunting me now, i just found out that my mothers real mother had ra, " my mom was adopted my her aunt and uncle when her parents died when she was every young " . my dad has ra, he found out two yrs ago. and me, just found out for sure two months ago. now my question...my son, he is 23, engaged to married and someday a family of his own. do i have to worry about him having ra too. and my future grandchild " who i am looking forward to having " . do i worry about them too. any input would be helpful....thanks brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Hi : Unfortunately, I do believe there is a genetic component to RA, and other autoimmune disease. My grandmother had RA, my grandfather had Psoriasis (and probably PA), my father has Raynduad's, and a cousin has an autoimmune related skin disease. I worry to death about my 19 year old daughter who is already exhibiting some signs of fibromyalgia, which I also have. Worrying about your kids is something parents do anyway, but when you have these sorts of autoimmune diseases in the family the worry is so much worse. I know that this does not give you any comfort, but this is the way it is in my family. Take care - Kathe in CA Kathe " To ride a horse is to borrow freedom. " __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 ,I have 2 sons 55 and 51, no signs of RA + 4 grandsons and no symptoms of any health problems and they range in age from 22 to 29. Hope this eases your mind. Hugs June ----- Original Message ----- From: brenda i have a question,that is haunting me now, i just found out that my mothers real mother had ra, " my mom was adopted my her aunt and uncle when her parents died when she was every young " . my dad has ra, he found out two yrs ago. and me, just found out for sure two months ago. now my question...my son, he is 23, engaged to married and someday a family of his own. do i have to worry about him having ra too. and my future grandchild " who i am looking forward to having " . do i worry about them too. any input would be helpful....thanks brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I do believe there is a genetic connection with RA, but I also believe there is a trigger condition. Neither of my parents or any grandparents have or had RA. I have a great Aunt that had it, I developed it after a very bad kidney infection caused by a drug reaction. in WI <Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote: , I wouldn't worry. Try to let this idea give you some comfort: Identical twin studies have shown that the rate of identical twins where both have RA is a maximum of approximately 30% (that would mean that in 70% of the sets, only one of the identical twins has RA). Several studies show that the true rate is probably closer to about 15% (in 85% of the sets, only one of the identical twins has RA). Not an MD I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] running in the family i have a question,that is haunting me now, i just found out that my mothers real mother had ra, " my mom was adopted my her aunt and uncle when her parents died when she was every young " . my dad has ra, he found out two yrs ago. and me, just found out for sure two months ago. now my question...my son, he is 23, engaged to married and someday a family of his own. do i have to worry about him having ra too. and my future grandchild " who i am looking forward to having " . do i worry about them too. any input would be helpful....thanks brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I didn't think anyone in my family had RA, either. After I got it, I found out that one of my mother's sisters had it. She always referred to it as " arthritis, " and she wore long sleeves to hide the humongous nodules on her elbows. My first cousin also has RA plus a few other autoimmune diseases, but her father had it, plus her mother was the sister of my aunt who had it. Sue On Thursday, May 18, 2006, at 09:25 AM, Ruf-Caimi wrote: > I am the only one in my family to have this disease. I have even > checked > back on deceased relatives and no one ever had Ra. I believe mine > came from > a neck injury. I think it just triggered something in me. My rheumy > agrees > with this theory. I worry that I may have past the tendency to have > this on > to my children. My rheumy told me that he believes in his life time > there > will be a cure for RA. So all we can do is hope and pray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Genetically speaking, this makes a lot of sense. One is predisposed to certain illnesses and at some point, something triggers it. susan smith <bizzare48@...> wrote: I do believe there is a genetic connection with RA, but I also believe there is a trigger condition. Neither of my parents or any grandparents have or had RA. I have a great Aunt that had it, I developed it after a very bad kidney infection caused by a drug reaction. in WI <Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote: , I wouldn't worry. Try to let this idea give you some comfort: Identical twin studies have shown that the rate of identical twins where both have RA is a maximum of approximately 30% (that would mean that in 70% of the sets, only one of the identical twins has RA). Several studies show that the true rate is probably closer to about 15% (in 85% of the sets, only one of the identical twins has RA). Not an MD I'll tell you where to go! Mayo Clinic in Rochester http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester s Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org [ ] running in the family i have a question,that is haunting me now, i just found out that my mothers real mother had ra, " my mom was adopted my her aunt and uncle when her parents died when she was every young " . my dad has ra, he found out two yrs ago. and me, just found out for sure two months ago. now my question...my son, he is 23, engaged to married and someday a family of his own. do i have to worry about him having ra too. and my future grandchild " who i am looking forward to having " . do i worry about them too. any input would be helpful....thanks brenda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 It doesn't have to be RA per se, but any auto-immune disease; it does run in families because they are genetically inherited. Sue <marysue@...> wrote: I didn't think anyone in my family had RA, either. After I got it, I found out that one of my mother's sisters had it. She always referred to it as " arthritis, " and she wore long sleeves to hide the humongous nodules on her elbows. My first cousin also has RA plus a few other autoimmune diseases, but her father had it, plus her mother was the sister of my aunt who had it. Sue On Thursday, May 18, 2006, at 09:25 AM, Ruf-Caimi wrote: > I am the only one in my family to have this disease. I have even > checked > back on deceased relatives and no one ever had Ra. I believe mine > came from > a neck injury. I think it just triggered something in me. My rheumy > agrees > with this theory. I worry that I may have past the tendency to have > this on > to my children. My rheumy told me that he believes in his life time > there > will be a cure for RA. So all we can do is hope and pray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I don't know of any other auto-immune diseases in the family. I guess most everybody has just been lucky not to get one. A really distant cousin also has RA. I do genealogy, and I tried to track down how we were related, and then maybe I could tell which ancestors passed down this tendency to us. I found out that we are related through our Boykin ancestors. When I was growing up, there was a Boykin woman in my neighborhood that had severe RA. I found out that she was also a distant relative. So I think that my Boykin ancestors are responsible for my RA. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it, LOL. Sue On Thursday, May 18, 2006, at 09:44 PM, C. Y. wrote: > It doesn't have to be RA per se, but any auto-immune disease; it does > run in families because they are genetically inherited. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 I figure that I caught most of the diseases in my family (diabetes, RA, and Fuchs' corneal dystrophy). I'm hoping that they will at least skip a generation, as some genetic things seem to. Neither of my parents was ever diagnosed with diabetes, RA or any other auto-immune disease, or Fuchs' dystrophy. But in looking back, I'm sure that my father had the Fuchs' since he had the same symptoms that I'm having. Sue On Thursday, May 18, 2006, at 11:31 PM, Kathe Sabetzadeh wrote: > I definately agree with and about their > being some sort of trigger response that brings on > autoimmune diseases in individuals, family based or > not. Just wish I could have disabled my trigger > before the autoimmune gun fired! Someday hopefully > research will be able to find that trigger in time to > save generations to come, including our children and > grandchildren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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