Both my sisters have it and my mother also had MS
2006-12-21 03:49:32 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
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2006-12-21 09:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Scott8684 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry about the confusion in the above answers, but there is confusion because it is not exactly clear how heredity impacts MS. We do know, however, that genetics is indeed involved. The average risk of someone in society getting MS is about 1 in 750. Having first-line relatives (i.e. parents, siblings, etc) who have MS increases that risk, to anywhere from 1 in 100 to 1 in 40.
Genetics is not the only factor, however. You can prove that using the identical twins example. An identical twin of someone who has MS, down to the identical gene structure, has a 1 in 4 chance of getting MS. If heredity were solely involved, that would be a 100% chance. Because it is a 25% chance, we know that there are other things involved, such as geography, ethnicity, gender, and some infectious trigger as well.
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2016-05-15 02:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have MS, and this has been a MORE than common misconception. MS is NOT hereditary. I have had different doctors tell me that, including mine that is a UC Davis researcher. Auto-immune disorders such as MS do run in families, and the chances of getting MS double if a close famly member has it. but no direct connection has been found saying that MS is hereditary, as of now, its just a myth.
2006-12-22 18:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by sweet_g_grl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MS is hereditary if it is caused by a build up of food intolerances in the body. If you eat food you're intolerant to all your life you run the risk of developing MS. A family have many of the same genes and so the same food intolerances.
MS is actually five different diseases, which the medical world all diagnose as MS as they don't have the ability yet to give a more correct diagnosis. This is why MS have so many different symptoms and vary so much. The five causes are: 1. food intolerance build up, 2. microscopic parasites living in organs and leaving no traces in the blood, 3. chemical build up/poisoning (could be something as simple as an intolarence to shampoo), 4. an unknown virus, 5. aggresive bacterias
2006-12-23 03:08:24 · answer #5 · answered by kedimus4 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yup. Multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy are both hereditary, and they now believe that MS is a form of MD.
2006-12-21 03:53:02 · answer #6 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup. Multiple sclerosis and muscular dystrophy are both hereditary, and they now believe that MS is a form of MD.
Source(s):
My wife has myotonic muscular dystrophy, and my sister-in-law has multiple sclerosis (she works at the U of M Medical Center so she gets all the latest info on MS and MD)
that is silly! and wrong. ms is not a form of MD. i have ms and have
done extensive research on it. it's not directly heriditary like down's syndrome, hemophilia, turner syndrome, giantism, dwarfism, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell trait, identical twins only have a 30% chance of them both having ms.
2006-12-21 13:51:07 · answer #7 · answered by jimmy_d787@sbcglobal.net 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it does have a genetic aetiology so to develop it either a parent or grandparent will have carried the gene.
You can be tested to see if you also carry the gene. This does not mean that you will develop MS just whether your body is or is not carrying the genetic information.
2006-12-21 03:54:09 · answer #8 · answered by Litmus180 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-12-21 03:59:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-12-21 03:55:01 · answer #10 · answered by blonderosey 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋