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382218 tn?1341181487

Which risk factors for MS apply to you?

These are some of the main risk factors I come across again and again in the literature.  Some are well established, other theorized. Please check all that apply to you.

I didn't have enough options to add an "Other" category, so if you have any risk factors not listed here, please tell us what they are.






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382218 tn?1341181487
lots of new members since this thread was started; if you haven't answered yet, please let us know what ALL your risk factors are as per above.  I'll tally this up manually as the poll function only allows for one answer.
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233622 tn?1279334905
I had/have them all except the smoking.

LA dx'd Feb 2008
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649926 tn?1297657780

I am March.

My family does have history of Autoimmune just not MS. One Aunt & cousin each with Lupus and my sister has Soriasis.

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222135 tn?1236488221
I am August, as is one of my sisters Dx with MS. The other, also Dx w/ MS, is April
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378497 tn?1232143585
I'm April.
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147426 tn?1317265632
There is also some data suggesting that a birth month in the late spring (say March thru June) is a risk factor.

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