There's a study for parents and the child affected too. Is your father still with us? If so, check that link again, it's the first study.








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No one in Jim's family has ms. BUT, let's remember that way back they would pass symptoms off as arthritis or something like that. Who really knows? Look how hard it is to diagnose today.

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/abo...ics/index.aspx

It says there is a 1 in 750 chance of someone getting MS in the US.

It says there is a 1 in 40 chance of your child getting MS if a parent has MS.

When I was dx. in '92 the NMSS was saying there was a 1 in 1,000 chance of someone in the US of getting MS. They too said there was a 1 in 100 chance of passing MS to your kids. MS is on the increase and they don't understand why. The NMSS now says too it doesn't matter which parent has MS.

EDITED: to say I don't know if this has been brought up...I was going to double check and I accidentally hit the wrong key...

I have always felt that there was a genetic factor in not only MS but many other diseases as well. I know I have posted about this before but . . .I am a huge science buff and read and watch a lot of science type programs. I have seen a couple of shows on epigenetics. They were really interesting and, imo, explain why one twin gets MS and the other does not even though genetically, or so it was thought, they are the same.

As for me, I am the only one out of 10 siblings to have MS as well as my extended family including 3 generations.

As for the study, I plan on participating. I am sure it won't be hard to twist my parents arm about this as well as one of my sisters (they need a control in the study). It also would be interesting to include my DDs in that as well to see if they have some of the genetic markers.

Actually the stats are from around 2005, not 1975.

And, this information has been known for quite a while, just getting closer to what the markers might be.

thank you for that information.

do you have a link for that?

Bill, I don't know what to tell you -- the woman I spoke with at the NMSS told me that the statistics are from 1975. As per my thread about being upset with the statistics, that was the specific nature of my call.

This article supports that the last actual survey was in 1975 so is what you're saying that they increased the estimate in 2005? If that's the case, I'd like to know what it was before if you have it.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/40510.php

Thanks Sandy. The parent/child thing is discussed on that link? Unfortunately, my father passed away when I was 17. Not MS related.

It was recent info from the NMSS but where I read it I don't remember; sorry. I do like to have a link that provides the information and in this case I do not for that statement.

EDITED to say I read on the NMSS site and couldn't find the answer. I e-mailed them with this question. Too, today I'm going to call our local chapter to see if they know the answer.

Take care.

Called our local NMSS chapter and was told that it doesn't matter which parent has MS in terms of your child possibly getting it. However, there are more women dx than men with MS.