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JosephineO

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05/07/2019 at 12:15

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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 :)

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JazzyC

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05/07/2019 at 12:45

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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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Does asthma run in your family? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-asthma-run-in-your-family-2884 2019-07-05 12:45:47

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05/07/2019 at 12:50

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Asthma and allergies do run in my family although there are some it has not affected. Most of us have hayfever, two have prickly heat, allergies to some foods but not peanuts Thank goodness

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JosephineO

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05/07/2019 at 14:44

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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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Josephine, Community Manager

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05/07/2019 at 18:16

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.

Does asthma run in your family? https://www.carenity.co.uk/forum/asthma/living-with-asthma/does-asthma-run-in-your-family-2884 2019-07-05 18:16:19

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06/07/2019 at 22:13

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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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09/07/2019 at 17:26

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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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09/07/2019 at 18:07

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@Maggie-mae @mjteddy @Galion22 Thank you for sharing :)

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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

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31/08/2020 at 14:32

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Hello everyone,

How are you today? Have you seen this older discussion? emoticon cute

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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31/08/2020 at 14:43

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@Courtney_J It unfortunately runs in my family. My mother and uncles on her side were all asthmatics. I'm not sure if it's been proven, but I remember reading somewhere many years ago that asthma runs through the maternal genes.

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