Connections?

My Mom was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's, in 2002 my brother died from complications of Amyloidosis, my 2 sisters and I have Fibromyalgia, I also have Intercrannial Hypertension (PseudoTumor Cerebri) and Empty Sella.

My question is are these conditions connected in any way? Should my sisters and I be concerned for ourselves and our children regarding any of these conditions? The reason I'm asking is that doctors keep getting closer and closer to understand FMS and now say it's a neuological problem --- so is Parkinson.

And Amyloidosis can also fit in there; I remember one neurologist at Yale Univ Hospital (were my brother died) trying to explain the condition to me and said that it part of what causes Alzheimers -- again neurologial.

So I'm asking (as the oldest sister and the one that's been living with my conditions the longest -30 yrs now- any info you can share with me would be appreicated.

Thanks,
Nanna


This discussion is related to Empty Sella Syndrome.

[PaulMD]

Hi.

Though all of these conditions that you mentioned are indeed neurologic, it is very hard to conclude if these are connected to each other, moreover predict if any of these would occur in future generations.  There may be no hard evidence to determine the connections for such since studies to demonstrate this would require huge amounts of resources.

It is just important to have all family members report to their respective doctors any symptoms (especially neurologic symptoms) that they may experience.

Regards.