Guest guest Posted June 30, 2005 Report Share Posted June 30, 2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: DeNicola > Speaking of auto immune clusters: my dad has severe psoriasis and diabetes and my mom carries the gene for RA but has osteo. On my mom's side I have the following diseases: asthma (4 people), RA (4), MS (1), psoriatic JRA (1), Raynaud's (1), Bell's Palsy (1), cerebral palsy (1), sleep apnea (1), diabetes (6), epilepsy (1), Tourette's (1), heart problems (4). We have Psoriasis, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Sjogren's Syndrome, Lupus, and Asthma. Almost everyone on my mom's side of the family has asthma. I do, my daughter does, my sister does, her son does, his daughter does, my grandfather did, several cousins have it. One cousin died from it. The first thing my rheumy told me when she diagnosed me with Sjogren's was to expect more AI diseases. She said they cluster in families and they cluster in individuals. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2005 Report Share Posted July 1, 2005 That is very interesting, Steph. My husband and I cannot trace our AI diseases to anyone, we are the first lucky ones! We are going to have genetic counseling in July to see how likely it will be that we will pass our diseases on to a child. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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