Concerns for daughter with mother having MS

[lonelyone420]

Hi I am 42 years old and 8 years ago I got diagnosed with MS, I was the only one ever in my family to have gotten this disease! How likely is it that my daughter who is 22 now she will get it or will it skip generations and how many generations?

[supermum_ms]

HI and welcome,

Unfortunately, your question may be missed by the community members who would like to respond to PML questions, it's always best to start a new question thread when you have an unrelated subject question that needs answers......could you please re-post your question in a new 'post a Question' box, found at the top of the page, so the community can welcome you and respond to your question :D

Thank you in advance..........JJ

[Lulu11051979]

Hello ms community,
  I need advice I have been now diagnosed 9 yrs  I switched to taking techfedera 3 yrs ago just found out 2 days ago I am jc virus positive, I also take a drug called cymzia which is a joint inflammation drug both medications are immune suppressants does this make it an even higher risk for the jc virus to turn into pml I'm scared now I have a 3yr old that I need to be around for my neurologists doesn't know enough about the 2nd drug I take an the rheumatologist well I can't ever get into to see her, I don't want to in danger myself both drugs are working well what should I do ...

[supermum_ms]

Hi and welcome to our little MS community,

I'm sorry to hear you've just been diagnosed but please don't worry that your children are now at risk of being diagnosed too, it's actually more common to be the only person in your family dx with MS. It's rare for MS to run in families, yes it does happen but it's not the norm to be multi generational, or to skip  generations like a lot of the inheritable or other autoimmune conditions.  

Technically a first person relative only has 1-5% higher odds, which translates into being a 99-95% chance of not being diagnosed with MS, statistically the odds are negligible so try not to worry about something that will probably not happen to your daughter too! How are 'you' doing?

Hope that helps.....JJ