Guest guest Posted March 27, 2002 Report Share Posted March 27, 2002 Hi Aletta, It's funny you mentioned this. The name of the condition (I believe) is Riley-Day syndrome. It is the first thing our doctor came up with when trying to dx Jeff, as his symptoms match Riley Day more than SDS/MSA. He did some research in to it, and said the gene can skip MANY generations, and is sometimes hard to pinpoint. He read of a case where ancestors to the Ashkenazi Jews (which is the ethnic strain that produces R-D) were found over sixteen generations in on a patient's genealogy. So, unless you can trace your ancestry WAY back, you may not know if you carry the gene. M. Digest Number 1369 Anyone have any info on this: Inherited Dysautomania listed as a 'Jewish " (Askenasi Jews in particular) disease, matches me in some ways better than MSA (breech births - mine, my son's), swallowing problems, childhood pneumonia (6 times before age 20) inability to cry, (have been called insensitive all my life), some other things which escape me right now. I'm a total mut with lots of 'bastards' on both sides of the family (including Paiute, Maori, Flemish, Dutch, Spanish). There is a genetic test for it, but they keep saying 'Jewish' on these websites as though it is an absolute requirement. In Vancouver we have no Jewish hospital (my kids were both born at Mt. Sinai in Toronto). Not that there is a cure, but it has been identified as a genetic defect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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