If one parent has multiple sclerosis and one does not, what are the chances of their child having MS? ?!
Question: If one parent has multiple sclerosis and one does not, what are the chances of their child having MS.? .?
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The chances are very slim. One identical twin can not have MS and the other one can.
It also depends on your gender and the gender of the parent, who has MS.
I heard that in the UK, some children, of parents w/MS, are put on prophylactic diets, to diminish their chance of developing MS.
My Mother was diagnosed at 59 and I was diagnosed at 30 with MS. Her sister had Lupus and I think their Mother had undiagnosed MS.
As was already said, it is thought that there is a genetic predisposition, but there has to be an environmental trigger.
Evidence also shows that abused children have a higher incidence of auto immune disease.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSR...
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It also depends on your gender and the gender of the parent, who has MS.
I heard that in the UK, some children, of parents w/MS, are put on prophylactic diets, to diminish their chance of developing MS.
My Mother was diagnosed at 59 and I was diagnosed at 30 with MS. Her sister had Lupus and I think their Mother had undiagnosed MS.
As was already said, it is thought that there is a genetic predisposition, but there has to be an environmental trigger.
Evidence also shows that abused children have a higher incidence of auto immune disease.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSR...
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We are constantly learning more about MS. MS is an autoimmune disease. The genetics part is that a parent may pass on the predisposition for an autoimmune disease to their child. Doesn't mean it will be passed on. Doesn't mean that if it is passed on that anything (like a virus) will ever trigger the autoimmune response.
That being said, if you have a family member with MS you have a higher chance of developing it than someone without MS in the family. But again, doesn't mean you will. One relative having it, you have about 1-3% chance. I have two relatives (mom and maternal aunt) so I had about 10% chance.
Here's a easy to understand article http://www.medicinenet.com/multiple_scle...
I also like the "MS for Dummies" book. For me MS was the devil I knew what with my mom having it. But the book was a good reference for my husband. Plus there were tips I hadn't heard of or thought about.Health Question & Answer
That being said, if you have a family member with MS you have a higher chance of developing it than someone without MS in the family. But again, doesn't mean you will. One relative having it, you have about 1-3% chance. I have two relatives (mom and maternal aunt) so I had about 10% chance.
Here's a easy to understand article http://www.medicinenet.com/multiple_scle...
I also like the "MS for Dummies" book. For me MS was the devil I knew what with my mom having it. But the book was a good reference for my husband. Plus there were tips I hadn't heard of or thought about.Health Question & Answer
There is really no way to honestly answer this question. MS is not really an inherited disorder. Some sources will tell you that siblings of an affected person have a 2%-5% risk of developing MS. Twin studies have been done, some showing as much as a 35% chance of developing the disease if the identical sibling has the disorder, but for the most part, the studies have been contradictory. It has been long known that geographic location is associated with developing the disease; people that live in more Northern parts of the world have higher rates of MS, and if you are originally from a southern part, and move north at an early age, your risk approaches that of somebody who lived in the North their entire lives.
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That's a great question.
I can personally say my neighbor has MS and none of her 5 children have it.
I think it depends if the other parent has a genetic recessive gene or dominant gene for MS.Health Question & Answer
I can personally say my neighbor has MS and none of her 5 children have it.
I think it depends if the other parent has a genetic recessive gene or dominant gene for MS.Health Question & Answer
From what I've read, its not hereditary. It's a viru that we all get and some people fight it off and some people don't.Health Question & Answer
the chance would be one in eight.Health Question & Answer