Who else in your family has arther?

dorcas · 18. Apr 2010, 13:50

Hi everyone

I was asked on another thread whether my twin sister also had arther.....which (thankfully) she doesn't.

The nearest family 'link' to arther I have is to a great-great aunt who by all accounts was in a wheelchair from when she was very young. No idea what type of arther she had of course.

I have PA. One of my sisters (I have four), one of my niece's and my granny had psoriasis.... but none of them have/ had PA. :?

Got me to thinking though about peeps here and whether you have/ haven't other immediate family members with arther or a more distant family ' link'?

Iris x

dopeykit · 18. Apr 2010, 14:03

Good question!

No-one immediate has arthur - my mum has a bit of P (although she always thought it was eczema until I was diagnosed with PA). Lots of family with type 1 diabetes though so I think auto-immune diseases do run in the genes.

Kit

venita · 18. Apr 2010, 14:07

Hi Iris
I have PA.
My eldest Daughter is showing early signs of Arthritis,
My youngest Daughter has reecently been diagnosied with MS (at 19),
My Son is ok thankfully
My Mum has OA/RA but has also developed psoriasis in the last few months,

My Aunt (on Mothers side) had RA, a cousin (on Mothers side) had OA/RA, also a few relatives (on Mothers side) have had various arthritis problems.

My fathers side of family, no one has arthritis.

It does make you wonder if maybe it is heriditary which worries me a lot, as my little Grandaughter who is 2 and a half has Nannys on both sides with arthritis.

It will be interesting to see other replies.

Best Wishes
Venita

lizzie7ne · 18. Apr 2010, 14:12

Hiyah

I have RA, my Mum's cousin has RA. We are the only confirmed cases

My great grandmother had arthritis, she was in a wheelchair,noone knows the type of arthritis, she died when I was five (in 1960) and she was in her 80's someone told me she had had "joint problems " since she was 20, I would have a guess it was RA, as I remember being frightened as a kid of her hands as they were very deformed as Ra can affect the hands badly and she would not have had the benefits of todays modern drugs, it was probably 1900 when she was diagnosed, it would be interesting to find out how they treated Arthur then, does anyone know?

My grandmother escaped without meeting Arthur,as did her siblings but her daughters (my Mum and Mums sister ) both have OA in the knees.

lizzie

sharmaine · 18. Apr 2010, 14:29

Hi Iris

Mother has OA; Grandmother had OA; Greatgran also had OA - maternal side. Thanks to them I have it!

Sharmaine

dorcas wrote:

Hi everyone

I was asked on another thread whether my twin sister also had arther.....which (thankfully) she doesn't.

The nearest family 'link' to arther I have is to a great-great aunt who by all accounts was in a wheelchair from when she was very young. No idea what type of arther she had of course.

I have PA. One of my sisters (I have four), one of my niece's and my granny had psoriasis.... but none of them have/ had PA. :?

Got me to thinking though about peeps here and whether you have/ haven't other immediate family members with arther or a more distant family ' link'?

Iris x

caprica · 18. Apr 2010, 14:54

No one has any auto immune issues at all in my family, on both sides, up to great-grandparents generation, I don't know any further.

What happened to me?! Maybe I'm adopted..

wibberley · 18. Apr 2010, 14:58

I have JIA. Cousin on my dad's side was diagnosed with RA when she was 15, Aunt on dad's side has a touch of arthritis on her hand.

Lois x

dorcas · 18. Apr 2010, 16:12

Hi Kit, Venita, Lizzie, Sharmaine, Caprica & Lois

thanks for the great replies! and how fascinating ......it does make you think how we may/ not have been influenced by our genes doesn't it?

I too worry about the likelihood of my children 'inheriting' any autoimmune disease and the arther 'curse' of course.

I sometimes feel it's like a time-bomb waiting to go off and in the absence of anyone else in the family having arther I would illogically feel responsible!

I'm not at all sure what the literature says about whether any arthers can be inherited?

compared with how things were years ago when it seems the variety of arther wasn't understood and so barely treated, I feel really lucky to have the support and treatment I get for my arther.

.....
so I take heart that with continuing advances and even earlier access to treatments that if , heaven forbid, any of my children or grandchildren did develop PA that it would be well controlled and joint damage limited.

thanks again folks,

Iris x

chris7 · 18. Apr 2010, 16:52

Hi Iris

Just seen this one. Thankfully my identical twin sis is arthritis free too.

Fingers crossed for the future. My late Dad had arthritis especially with his hip same as me, he never got to the point of having to have surgery cos he had developed Parkinsons and had a few other probs to deal with too. Think Mum and Grandparents were all free of it though.

I did one of those Bio bank research days a while ago and one of the things they were looking for was hereditary links. Sadly it may be that there is something in that at least for some families.

Chris

annie_mial · 18. Apr 2010, 17:05

Absolutely no arthritis in the family at all as far back as I can trace, and apart from my sister who also has asthma, no one else with anything auto-immune.

Annie

dorcas · 18. Apr 2010, 17:14

Hi Annie! hi Chris!

I wonder Annie why there are some families with arther and others not. :?

Chris, can I ask what Bio bank research is?....pardon my ignorance. :roll:

Iris x

chris7 · 18. Apr 2010, 17:23

Hi Iris

There have been some threads on Bio Bank I think. It will be on Google. They are a national research body who do all sorts of research on health issues. They usually just pick peeps at random and ask them to help by attending a regional centre.
There are quite detailed questionnaires about health, lifestyle choices, diet, work etc. They also do a few basic tests. Height, weight, BMI blood pressure, bone density, reaction times etc and ask for blood and urine samples. It's all confidential, though some would disagree strongly with me on that and your doc is not informed. Sorry that a bit over simplified but you'll see if you google it. I thought it worth doing and it only cost me an afternoon of my time.

Chris

dorcas · 18. Apr 2010, 17:38

Thanks Chris!

it now rings a bell in my feeble brain...did Trish not have thread about it?

I will google it as I am very nosey! :P

Iris x

suncatcher · 18. Apr 2010, 17:42

MY two of grandads sisters had it. On was wheel chair bound. She had hip replacement but it went wrong. I so wish i could remember more of there lives i have so many questions. joanne

ironic · 18. Apr 2010, 17:50

My Aunt who I sadly lost yesterday at the grand old age of 97 had both her knees replaced so I think OA. My mum has a little bit of ware but at her age why not! Strange though she remembers many years ago one Dr saying she had high inflamation in a blood test, but thank God has not gone on to developing RA.

I have a extremly high RA factor, so sometimes it must lay dormant and in my case not.

dorcas · 18. Apr 2010, 17:58

Ironic,

I am so sorry to hear about your elderly aunt...no matter what age someone reaches it is still a huge loss. please accept my condolences for you and for your family.

Iris x

dorcas · 18. Apr 2010, 18:02

suncatcher wrote:

MY two of grandads sisters had it. On was wheel chair bound. She had hip replacement but it went wrong. I so wish i could remember more of there lives i have so many questions. joanne

Hi Joanne,

I know what you mean...I realise now just how little I know about my family history and can't ask the questions I could/ should have. x

Iris x

ironic · 18. Apr 2010, 18:10

dorcas wrote:

Ironic,

I am so sorry to hear about your elderly aunt...no matter what age someone reaches it is still a huge loss. please accept my condolences for you and for your family.

Iris x

Thats so kind of you. Really appreciate it. X

bubbles · 18. Apr 2010, 18:37

Me, OA, and now testing for other forms.
Father has OA and is almost completely immobile, he had TB of the bone as a child.
Mother has OA and osteoporosis

Dr said I seem to have inherited it, more likely from my Dads side.

speedalong · 18. Apr 2010, 19:10

Hi I started a reply to this earlier in the day, got side tracked and lost my reply ...

My OA is due to being born with congenital dislocated hips .... because they are deformed and have had surgery they developed the OA. In turn my knees have it too due to compensating for my hips ...

Don't think we have arther in our family as a rule though I'm sure some older family members have developed the wear and tear OA in later years.

CDH definitely runs in our family - but skips some generations.

Speedalong

dorcas · 19. Apr 2010, 01:40

Hi all!

Hi bubbles

I wonder what, if any, the link is between OA and osteoporosis?

Hi Lynn

is pernicious anaemia and the other conditions connected with autoimmunne disease response and your RA?

Hi speedalong

CDH and OA? My nephew was born with CDH too and his sister a deformity in the Cspine that required correction....x

Wow :shock: this thread is throwing up all sorts of questions :? I can 'feel' a helpline question coming on !

thanks all......x gets more and more interesting as peeps join in.!

Iris x

tkachev · 19. Apr 2010, 04:12

My mum used to groan and shout walking down the stairs but I never understood. She wasnt one to complain.As she had other issues, hernia, ulcers I only ever remember her suffering so became immune to it all. I know that sounds awful but she never asked for help so I thought she was managing.Then when I developed R.A I realised where she was coming from and I am amazed that she coped at all.
Recently told my paternal grandmother was rheumatic and suffered terribly. She died before I was born.My daughter has had problems and was tested for various auto-immune diseases and thyroid problems .At one point she had to give up her teaching job but has now returned part-time and as emergency cover.
The worst thing was R.A prevented me from visiting mum in her last days, although if I had known she was going to die I would have got down to visit her somehow.
Iris I am very sorry to hear about your aunt.I hope you are okay.
Much love
Elizabeth x

lesleygraham · 19. Apr 2010, 04:49

I have had RA for 6 years, since I was 35. My grandad had RA since he was 31. My identical twin has had RA for 4 years. Now my mam is showing signs of the disease.
I think its too much of a coincidence that both my twin and I have the same arthritis, therefore I believe it is probably genetic. i would be interested to find out if any research has been done in this area.
Les

maria09 · 19. Apr 2010, 04:59

Hi,
They say OA is not hereditory & no one in my family has it saying that my Grandmother had nobbily fingers like i have but she died when I as 10 she was 60 so I cant remember much
My daughter who is 15 has really noisey creaking joints like I had at her age so im hoping she does not get it too
Maria

lindalegs · 19. Apr 2010, 06:45

My grandmother had RA and they used to treat her with gold injections as well as anti-inflammatories.

RA is not hereditry but you can have the faulty gene passed down through the family..... so that means we, and our siblings, all carry the faulty gene but won't necessarily get RA. My sister has Lupus but my three brothers are fine. (Women are more prone than men.)

When I was first diagnosed I was told that my faulty gene was triggered off by the hormone swing of childbirth but my grandmother's was started by the menopause, again the hormone swing. It's thought that many things can trigger the faulty gene from a virus, accident or hormones etc. I found this information out many years ago and ideas come and go so if anyone knows different please say as I would hate to spout off like this and be giving false information :shock:

As for those of you seemingly to be the first in your family maybe it's from generations gone by .....but on the other hand it all starts somewhere, I suppose :?

Try not to worry about your children/grandchildren but be aware of signs so if anything does happen treatment can be given early.

Luv Legs

bertyboy · 19. Apr 2010, 07:00

my dad had oa in most joints [ a lot of that was put down to being a Japanese prisoner of war the diet was atrocious ] mums got many aches now but with dementure its a tuff call , i have a son with anko whots it , i have 2sisters and a brother that are showing signs but i am the youngist and the worst

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