relationship to Southern Idaho

[paulie627]

My doctor told me that there is 3 times the national average of atients diagnosed with Chiari 1 Malformation in Southern Idaho.  Could this be related to the arsenic and pesticide concentrations in the water?  Does anyone know of a study that shows any the living conditions of Chiari 1 patients, not just heridity, that are in common among us?

[Jennyfoo]

My paternal grandparents were from southern Idaho. Much of my family is still there. Nobody diagnosed with Chiari that I'm aware of.

[selmaS]

Hi and welcome to the Chiari forum.

From what I understand it is genetic, not heredity with chiari....CP is a lack of folic acids.....so I would wonder what this could mean...but it sounds like somewhere to start some research.

I also wonder if for some reason the pesticides may just trigger the symptoms that more cases r reported...as some regions the people just do not have a trigger???

Very interesting, thanks for sharing : )

"selma"

[n40066]

i've personally not seen anything like that at all.  for that matter, i don't recall having ever seen a demografic study of any kind being done on chiari.  interesting concept, though!