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With family history of rheumatoid arthritis (mother), what's the chance of me having the disease too? am not a healthy individual. dx of md & more.
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Possibly but not : It is possible, but there are a lot of reasons one guest from a Taurus riders. One is the genetic risk which you have, but their environmental and other issues and infectious issues that seem to play a role. These are things you can discuss with your physician, and you can even have testing right now to see if you have any of the positive tests we sometimes see with rheumatoid arthritis.
Answered 11/29/2016
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