That is interesting. Did the RA cause a genetic mutation? My mother had multiple sclerosis, and I carry a bunch of genes linked to MS, but haven't found any linked to BAV. I believe my Pectus Excavatum (PEX) is genetic as I have a cousin who also has it. BAV is associated with PEX, but I don't have Marfan's. My sister was diagnosed with hyper-flexible Ehler's Danlos, but I she is a hypochondriac and.... Well, there is no gene found for that form of ED. I do have two hyper-flexible children though.
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That is interesting. Did the RA cause a genetic mutation? My mother had multiple sclerosis, and I carry a bunch of genes linked to MS, but haven't found any linked to BAV. I believe my Pectus Excavatum (PEX) is genetic as I have a cousin who also has it. BAV is associated with PEX, but I don't have Marfan's. My sister was diagnosed with hyper-flexible Ehler's Danlos, but I she is a hypochondriac and.... Well, there is no gene found for that form of ED. I do have two hyper-flexible children though.
My doctors have all heard my murmur. I would tell each new doctor I'd had it all my life, and no one checked it out further. I had no symptoms, so they assumed it was an innocent murmur.
I went for my physical to renew my med certificate for my commercial driver's license and they said I needed a letter from my doctor saying I was safe to drive. It is a new requirement for CDLs. *sigh* I am not currently using my CDL for my job, but I wanted to keep it maintained.
Wow! That is a pretty big aneurysm. I am glad you found the right doctor. How scary!
Interesting, I’m going to be 64 this year. When I was much younger I was required to have physicals in order to be cleared for sports. Frequently they would hear a murmur and pretty much blow it off. If I remember correctly, even my primary physician whom discovered the BAV and aneurysm heard it prior but didn’t act upon it until I was symptomatic. So both as a young adult and midlife, it was basically ignored. It took my own diligence to raise when symptomatic.
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I think it's also that the Murmur might not always be there. Under my stressful situations (stomach ulsur in ER) when I was 20 a doctor heard it... I followed up afterwards and several doctors did not hear it, when I was 41 and experienced some symptoms of my BAV, every DR heard it immediately, including one of them that had not heard it previously. The apparentness of murmurs are heavily dictated by heart rate, blood pressure and severity of condition.
Every doctor my I have ever had has noticed his. LOL But I also suffered high blood pressure so maybe that's why? Or it could be heart placement, since my heart is displaced. According to my wife she can hear/feel my heart louder/stronger than anyone who's chest she has put her head ons...
carolinemc
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I was not born with RA. My mother had it and RA is still very much under the microscope on what it can cause. I have the defect mainly through the family gene pool. My father even had it and did not know it till later in life. So gene pool has a lot to do with what heart defects we are born with. The side causes have yet to be proven. Mysteries of medical science. And I am a type 2 diabetic and there are many issues with that to those born to parents with type 1 and 2.
"YES, And I was born with it, genetic defect. From mother having RA" <--- sorry, I mistook this statement to mean that you were born with the genetic defect due to your mother having RA. Sorry.
pellicle
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no need to apologize for making no mistake ... when someone says I got this from that then its pretty clear that they think that them having this came from that .
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carolinemc
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Yes I was born with defect aortic valve, might have been due to RA. The science is not quite up to speed on many genetic causes of some birth defects at birth. But rest assure there is a family gene for heart defects on my mother's side of the family of heart issues.
carolinemc
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Wrong dude. My mother was pregnant and had RA for some time. They do not know if RA, in that condition can pass health issues, to the child during birth, cause RA also is known for fevers during inflammation. I studied about it quite a few years ago. The science has not changed all these years later.
