white blood cells
madness1985
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Hiya,
I am right in saying that RA is because your WBC are attacking your joints? Can there be a run in families who have WHC problems but it turns into different diagnoises? I am just curiouse because i foud out today that my uncle has too many WBA!
Sorry 4 random here!
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I am right in saying that RA is because your WBC are attacking your joints? Can there be a run in families who have WHC problems but it turns into different diagnoises? I am just curiouse because i foud out today that my uncle has too many WBA!
Sorry 4 random here!
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madness1985 wrote:Hiya,
I am right in saying that RA is because your WBC are attacking your joints? Can there be a run in families who have WHC problems but it turns into different diagnoises? I am just curiouse because i foud out today that my uncle has too many WBA!
Sorry 4 random here!
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There are many types of WBCs so the number of each type would be needed to answer your question. Antibodies (immunoglobulins) attack the tissues in the joints in RA ans PsA which cause the damage. In my case my WBCs aren't usually raised (but I do have very low neutrophils from my meds) but the balance of the different WBCs probably are different.
As far as RA running in families is concerned, my understanding is that autoimmune diseases can run in families but the type of autoimmune disease isn't always the same. Ra is one of the more common types of autoimmune so maybe there is a pattern. I don't think it is fully understood though.0 -
Thank you for your replies! I dont no what type my uncle is all i know is that he has too many! I shall do more investigation into this. Just my mum had WBC probs and she had lukema (didnt kill her but throat cancer did and she never smoked) and now i find out my uncle has to many WBC strange! Hope e1 is well xx0
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