sureimsore
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2016
- Messages
- 190
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 03/2016
- Country
- US
- State
- XO
Thinking back to when I was a child, my mother told me that my father had something, and I remembered it as rheumatoid arthritis. As an adult, it never made sense to me, because my father into his late 70's would walk miles every day, lift things without a problem, never took more than an aspirin for a headache. It was only this weekend it was like a lightbulb moment when I remembered it was "rheumatic fever," not arthritis.
I've never heard of a case of it growing up till now, so I had to look it up, because my dad never showed signs of illness, so I just assumed it was something like the mumps, measles...if you get it and live through it, it's done and over with.
I haven't done too much reading yet, but I see that there was a study done in the 50's that suggest it is a recessive trait, and somewhere else I read it skips a generation but there is a carrier. So whatever the gene is that gets passed on, perhaps this made me predisposed.
I just thought I would bring it up; I don't have a doctor at the moment to discuss it with. But if you had parents/grandparents that had this, I think this would be worth mentioning, or any other similar illness.
I've never heard of a case of it growing up till now, so I had to look it up, because my dad never showed signs of illness, so I just assumed it was something like the mumps, measles...if you get it and live through it, it's done and over with.
I haven't done too much reading yet, but I see that there was a study done in the 50's that suggest it is a recessive trait, and somewhere else I read it skips a generation but there is a carrier. So whatever the gene is that gets passed on, perhaps this made me predisposed.
I just thought I would bring it up; I don't have a doctor at the moment to discuss it with. But if you had parents/grandparents that had this, I think this would be worth mentioning, or any other similar illness.