Re: My doctor's appt, fibro, etc
02/23/06 11:13 AM
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michele
Reged: 06/02/03
Posts: 6886
Loc: southeastern michigan
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I was just reading about RA the other day. It said something like 40% of people with RA will never test positive for the anti-body. They do believe that there is a genetic gene that can be passed down, so yes, if your parents have it your chances are greater. I also read that RA can be brought out or activated by a severe virus or a major hormonal shift, like giving birth or possibly fertility hormones.
I was diagnosed with Hep C in 2001. I was told I was going to get liver cancer and die very young.   Nice thing for a dr to tell you!  The treatment they offered at the time was really nasty, basically a years worth of chemo and with the particular geno-type I had, geno type 1, the drugs only had a 30%chance of killing it. So, I opted to do nothing and hope a better treatment came out. While I was going through all the fertility stuff, I saw a different infectious disease doctor because the fertility dr wanted the virus checked and come to find out, my body had destroyed it!! I actually was just rechecked for it again last week and I'm still negative for it! Its rare for a persons immune system to kill such a strong virus, less than 8% actually. Anyways, when a body's immune system is revved up enough to kill a virus like that, it sometimes stays in overdrive. Between that and the fertility meds and miscarriages, they believe thats what brought on the RA for me. My mom also has been recently diagnosed so I probably had the gene somewhere and the above factors activated it!
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