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JosephineO
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Have you seen this discussion? Are you the first in your family to be diagnosed?
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JazzyC
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I was the first person in my family to have asthma as far as I know. My mum though had a history of hay-fever which they now think is linked to asthma. My 2 kids have inherited both asthma, my son, and the allergies, my daughter. I think there is a genetic link.
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Janet Collins
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JosephineO
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@JazzyC @Roo1978 Thank you both for sharing, it is always very interesting to discover the genetic links between illnesses.
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Galion22
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I was the first member of my family to be diagnosed with Asthma. Through research it was discovered that as a baby I had a bad Bronchitis bout which the doctors explained left me with a weak chest prone to asthma and in 1967 I developed this affliction and suffered ever since. I served in the military for nine years and subjected to many stressful situations which was the trigger for the full onset of asthma.
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T Preston
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I was the first in my family to be diagnosed with asthma, but quite a few of the family have since been diagnosed with it going into great nephews as the latest.
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Mjteddy
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On my Dad's side one uncle was asthmatic, he is still going strong he will be 90 in August.
On my Mum's side one uncle was asthmatic, unfortunately he died young, not sure from what.
Myself and two of my brothers were asthmatic from very early childhood, I'm 66 and still have it with an overlap of COPD... My youngest brother died at 34 in a car accident the older of the two brothers died 51 from heart attack I don't know if any of their children are asthmatic.
My youngest son has asthma my oldest son has eczema
One of my grandsons aged 6 is also asthmatic. Asthma has been hard at work totally through my family through the years.
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Sonia... Maggie-mae 😊
JosephineO
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@Maggie-mae @mjteddy @Galion22 Thank you for sharing :)
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Josephine, Community Manager
Medic999
I was one of the first in my family to be diagnosed with asthma when I was 5 months old after having breathing difficulties and taken to hospital years after that my elder sister was diagnosed then my mum my younger son was born with 5 holes in his heart diagnosed at 3 days old he was diagnosed with it at 6 months old and my older son was diagnosed at 10 also have nephews and neacies with it too
Courtney_J
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Hello everyone,
How are you today? Have you seen this older discussion?
While the direct causes behind asthma are not fully understood, researchers have found that asthma can be caused by both hereditary and environmental factors.
What about you? Does asthma run in your family? Or were you the first to be diagnosed with it? Do you know what causes are behind your asthma?
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Courtney
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JosephineO
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Hello,
So as the title says, are you the first one in your family to be diagnosed with asthma? If you aren't, who else has asthma in your family?
Please share, it will be interesting to see what the different experiences of members are :)