Is the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) hereditary?

i have ms for the past 18yrs. can i pass it on to my daughter. i have no family history of this disease?

i have no family history of this disease. what r the chances my daughr will get it?

There are so many being diagnosed with MS that I am beginning to believe it can be caused by toxins . How many who are diagnosed with MS have had a hair analysys? I have read about Barium , and other toxins causing more MS cases. I recently had a hair analysys and was high in Barium, Uranium, Aluminum, arsenic, and a few others. I work outside and have been exposed to these from the air. Now I also have had some symptoms of MS , scared the c**p out of me. Fortunately I'm doing ok but after a few searches online I found these same ingredients were found in many complaining of MS symptoms. I would like to see more people tested for metal toxins, and minerals by taking this test.

Do your research and see your doctor. I was having the same symptoms as you are and I have been recently diagnosed. I do have a strong family history of MS and although it is not proven to be an inherited trait there are factors that put you at risk. Early detection and treatment are key. It scared me too as I have two children but the more I learn the more my mind has been put at ease.

I am new to this site so Hello.
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See if you can find the smoking tooth video
thanks Terry
oh I have MS too, 79/80ish onset 2013 now
thanks

Hi. I am 45 years old and was diagnosed with MS last January. MY mother , who is 65, had a mri from her doctor andit showed lesions on her brain so the sent her to a neurologist. He put her through all kinds of tests and last week she had a spinal tap. The results from the docctor came back yesteray, and they confirmed the diagnosi of MS.. That was a surprise...being told it is not hereditary and because of her age....

I was diagnosed in my 40's am now 51. I asked my neurologist because I'm scared to death for my son who is my only child. I was told that if nobody had MS he would have about 5% chance, but since I have it he will have about 10% chance. I also have a friend whose father died from MS neither her or her 2 brothers have it. I hope this was helpful. I should aalso mention that in my son's fathers family 2 siblings have it, so I never know what to think. Good luck to you!

Hi I just wanted to say I am 32 years old I was diagnosed in 2003. Very bad first attack double vision,walking,whole body went numb from the shoulders dwn, massive pain in my legs now, ms hug, tingling in hands n feet n my guess is it is hereditary my father has ms n I know twins with ms as well , they say it isn't but they don't have a clue I bet my bottom dollar it is, they say to give ur child vitamin d to help min the chance of the child getting ms so again my best guess would b yes but I'm no rocket scientist or doc

Hi my mother has had ms for 20 years and as time passed she became more and more ill until she eventually got cancer and she died of it less than a year of getting the cancer.  I never read anything about that illness before nor did my mother tell me anything but yesterday is the first time I started having loose of balance and few more of these symptoms at first I thought it’s a flu but after getting it again today, and strait away researching and reading all about it online I quickly realised that the monster is here. It didn’t take too much effort to make peace with the situation and starting preparing how to deal with this bitter devil. I just can’t forgive my mom for not telling me everything about it, and now I got already a wife and two children I hope they won’t suffer the same. I’m now 23 years old. I will of cores go see a doc but between me and you that is just standard procedure as they call it. :-)

My father died in his mid 50's, had MS for over 30 years.  He went through more pain and suffering than you can imagine, it's a horrible disease.  Not one time did he ever complain about it, he was a strong Christian man.   He was diagnosed before his kids were born.  It started in his legs and eventually got to a point where he could not eat or drink anything without a feeding tube, as it caused aspiration and his intestines stopped working, he slowly lost is fight as the quality of his life diminished to nothing.  I am in my 40s now, neither me nor my siblings have had any symptoms even slightly related to it until very recently...a bit of blurred vision, tingling, memory loss / struggle thinking at times and stomach/digenstion issues.   I just hope it passes as I do not have the power and strength my father had to endure.  But, if it is my path to take, we will get through it.  have faith in the lord. :-)

I am an African American woman. I have a sister who was diagnosed with MS when she was 19.  We are 14 years apart. I do not have MS, but my second daughter  has MS for 3 years now. I Also have a Niece from my eldest daughter, at 23 that has  been diagnosed to have the disease.  Her mother has been told that she has traces of MS. How does it travel through a family without it touching me is beyond my thinking.

I have a question I'm 31 years old female after while I was Prego I had a uti that went septest when I had my little girl she had seizers and that was n 2004 she is 10 now and so fair they dont think she has seizures any more! in 2006 I got diagnose with MS my mother Inlaw has ms as well s she was 35 when she got diagnose so I know they say ms is usually not Pass down but cause I have it and my mother Inlaw has is what's the chances my little girl will have it?

Hi I have ms too any way my mother in-law has ms she got diagnose when she was 35 my husband was 5 he has an older brother n sister and so far she is the only one in her family that has or had it! I'm wired my self cause my mother In law and I have ms and I'm worried my little girl my have it one day too! But agin no one in my family has or had ms out sides ms!

I know Huntingtons disease is very simular to MS, and if a parent has it there is 50% chance the children have it. Huntingtons is supposed to be rare, which I wonder if it is just being mis-diagnosed as MS?

when my mom found that she had it my family was shocked because noonew else had it my family adn we are worried becasue my mom thinks i might get it too and she dosent want me too becasue she doesnt want to have me deal with what she is dealig with as we speack right now please help me with this thanks