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
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
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.
Phil Berggren, dx 2003
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!
My sisters have autoimmune diseases, two of us have vasculitis.
I was dxt with wg and my daughter was dxt with crohns six months later.
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.
Nicole
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.
Experience is the only way to survive. <3 Rini Orange
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.
~ Bob
My daughter and I live four miles apart ,Bob . Hubby has always quizzed the enviroment theray sp .
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
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