If your father was over 49 when you were born are you suffering any chronic illness if so what illness?

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Please mention your age at onset and how you are doing. Best wishes.

Thanks so much Sassy, I'm sorry to hear of the pain you and your sister suffer. I feel sure there are repercussions, especially for daughters of older fathers, when fathers are past 35. http://press.psprings.co.uk/jech/october/851_ch45179.pdf Best wishes to you and your sister.

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Sassy1 did not say that the Epstein Barr was due to genetics, just that her sister had that on top of other problems illness.

Answer 1

my father woz 49yrs when i woz born & he passed down Asthma which i have had since i woz 5yrs old & heart disease which my youngest sister had......my mother woz 29yrs & she has passed down Epilepsy ,which i woz born wiv & my youngest sister started when she woz 21yrs , cervical cancer , total hystorectomy by 32yrs , chronic fatigue 30yrs......hope this is helpful but my mother seemed to have passed more things down then my father did.

Answer 2

brandon who's father just passed away at 67 last spring didn't give brandon a thing other than genetics that would predispose him to heart disease.

it doesn't matter how old you are-it's genetic-period.

now, as for the first poster: fibro, epstien barr ect is not genetically "passed" down. it is a symptom of something.
when they say genetic-that means it leaves you more predisposed to certain illnesses- genetics dont give you the actual illness.

95% of the worlds population has epstein barr. You cannot blame that on your dad, or your mom- blame it on viral infections.
Epstein Barr is a virus. It belongs to the flavi viruses which include chicken pox, shingles, herpes, cold/fever blisters, yellow fever, dengue ect. ect.

I would seek the advice of a doctor who can figure out what is causing your illnesses. There is a CAUSE (not genetics) but an actual cause for these symptoms.

I know. I had hcv and had every symptom you mention. My IBS doesn't flare like it used to and my fibro is the same way-since finding the CAUSE which was liver disease by the HCV virus (which also resides in the flavi viruses, but acquired differently just like all the others are).

Again, being over 49 might increase your chance of becoming autistic, but by all means, fibro, ibs, epstein barr ect is not "passed" down, and certainly not because your father was over the age of 49.

good luck to you all.

Answer 3

my parents were both 42 when i was born. besides a lot of resentment, my father passed down Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, etc. i have it bad, and so does one of my sisters. unfortunately, she also had to fight off Epstein-Barr virus. we were both in our early twenties when it got unbearable. with proper diet and meds, we "deal" with it, but will suffer forever. don't know if this helps or not, but it's our family malady.