Are there people who get Multiple Sclerosis who have no other people in their family history with this disease?
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Interesting question -- In the population at large, the chance of developing MS is less than a tenth of one percent. However, if one person in a family has MS, that person's first-degree relatives—parents, children, and siblings—have a one to three percent chance of getting the disease. It's thought that MS comes as a result of a combination of genetic and environmental causes. There are populations in the world that don't get it at all and some that have extremely low rates. But it's unclear if that's due to genetic or environmental factors.
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I have MS first stage non progressive, but to the best of my knowledge no one else in my family has the disease.
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I'm the first one in my family to be diagnosed...and it hit clear out of the blue - just went blind in one eye clear over the course of 24 hours. My entire family lives in the South, so I've been in the heat & humidity all of my life. I probably had access to more junk food than some of the cousins as most of them are health nuts...and other than the MS, a lot of us have the same minor health problems. Trust me, some of my younger family members are a little more than nervous.
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I know two people who have it. Neither of these people have any known family history of MS.
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All of the people I know with MS do not have any family members with the disease.
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My brother in law was diagnosed with MS last year and their families history show that no-one else has had MS
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Yes, a large percentage of people with MS have no family history. Doctors and researchers don't understand what causes this autoimmune reaction. Something seems to trigger the condition in susceptible people. Genetic factors may make certain people more susceptible to multiple sclerosis. But genetic susceptibility is only part of the explanation. A number of researchers believe the disorder is related to a protein that mimics the myelin protein, which may be introduced into the body by a virus. Other researchers believe that the immune system overreacts toward myelin proteins in people with MS, which leads to an abnormal tendency to develop autoimmune disease. http://www.nationalmssociety.org/site/PageServer?pagename=HOM_ABOUT_homepage http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/multiple_sclerosis/multiple_sclerosis.htm
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No one in my BIOLOGICAL family has MS, I am the only one. I was adopted as a baby and as it turns out four people in my ADOPTIVE family have MS.
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I have researched my biological families history and no one except me has MS. In my adoptive family 4 people have MS.
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Everything is possible, cut the grits out of your breakfast!
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i heard its not hereditary
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