Latency Rheumatoid Arthritis? | Arthritis Information

Hello everyone! Wow that was a long time wasn't it? I do have a question which maybe soemone coudl answer ot=r at least have some comment or theory about.

Can Rheumatoid Arthritis be latent? Can aperson be a carrier and it show up in siblings or a child of yours but not show up in the individual till later in life even though your child may have had it for years?

Can anybod understand the question? I hope I haev explained it ok. I am anxious to hear comments on it or maybe an answer.

lynndee

That's a good question. Arthritis does run in famililes. My grandmother had RA and my mother has a server case of OA.

It has been stated that there are people that have a positive RH factor and not have RA. Often an illness, like momno, the flu, or even child birth will bring on RA. They call it a predisposition for a disease. Are these the people with a positive RA factor that has been well for years, not knowing they were positive, have some kind of invasive virus and BOOM! RA.

Scientist are still debating.

Kieye

My RA doc explained it to me this way-

People can inherit the possibility of developing RA, but it takes
a "trigger" such as major stress, to kick it into gear. I was the
first in my family as far back as we know to have developed RA.
No one else ever had it until me, and I was 48 and under lots of
stress at the time.
BUT, my youngest child developed it at age 18yr. So, not
enough is known about the "cause", but to answer your
question--I think you can carry the potential to develop RA, but
you might never get RA. Hope I made sense

THank you again!

lynndee

My great grandmother had crippling arthritis (probably RA). She was in a wheelchair for a long time. My grandmother didn't have any joint problems, but had the hump back. Can't remember what that is due to. (brain fog...) My mother has a very mild form of connective tissue disorder/possibly fibromalalgia and only takes a muscle relaxant to relieve her joint symptoms. I get the big RA and OA at age 42. And, my niece came down with this is terrible Scleroderma 2 years ago at the age of 13. I have 3 sisters. One sister (the one with the daughter with Scleroderma) just came down with possible gout in her toe. We'll see if that returns and she complains that her fingers always hurt. One sister gets occasional joint pain, but doesn't take anything for it...... Looks like it runs in my family, doesn't it. I'm a believer that it does.

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