Multiple Family Members w/ Weg's

[TOBEY32]

Something I wanted to put out there.
I know it's not known how Weg's is contracted, but I'm curious if this might be your story. There might not be one response and that would be good. I have no idea what the chances of this are.

David

[pberggren1]

I know that Richard on here has 2 family members with Wegs: his dad and grandfather.

I also saw a couple of times on Facebook that some people had parents with Wegs as well.

[pwc51]

I recently found out that my mother had Giant Cell Arteritis (another flavour of vasculitis) before she passed away. I like to think it is coincidence!

[elephant]

My sisters have autoimmune diseases, two of us have vasculitis.

[DEE]

I was dxt with wg and my daughter was dxt with crohns six months later.

[NicShaf]

I've always found this subject very interesting...and a little frightening because I may want to have a child one day. Although my doctors all assure me that I shouldn't worry about passing Wegs onto my child...I more worry about passing on the likelihood of getting an AI disease.

My Dad has Myasthenia Gravis....another AI Disease.

[Rini]

My family is all AIs. Mostly crohns but interestingly my sister & I who r 8 years different in age were diagnosed with separate AIs within the same year. We both flared 1year 1/2 after moving. WG may not be genetic but i think there is something with all the AI's in my family.

[Psyborg]

So for those with other family members with the disease...do you live near each other? I mean they speculate if this is genetic or environmental. If you do not live in similar areas I'd think the environmental effects would be less pronounced.

[DEE]

My daughter and I live four miles apart ,Bob . Hubby has always quizzed the enviroment theray sp .

[TOBEY32]

Thanks for your responses. Just a question in my head, and some of you knew what I was getting at:

If you were 1st diagnosed did you feel you gave it to the other - or vice-versa?

My family members don't seem to be worried for themselves. I think my docs convinced them it's not like giving someone a cold. Guess we should have our babies (NicShaf) and live our lives to the best.

David