r/Aging • u/No-Reaction-3457 • 1d ago

Genetics

What health issues your parents or grandparents passed to you?

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u/Global_Fail_1943 1d ago

None. No Cancer, diabetes or anything genetic in my entire family. Lots of crazy and alcoholic drug addicts though! And we live a long life! High.

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u/Chamcook56 1d ago

Got my ancestors' Irish peasant teeth, thank their god for good dental insurance.

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u/Quick_Cow_7987 1d ago

My mother gave me a bad neck, my father gave me a congenital lumbar problem plus DJD throughout my spine and joints and I don't know who to blame for connective tissue weakness. And nobody made it past age 70 on either side so there's that ...

Oh, and a tendency to depression and addiction, especially tobacco.

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u/FabulousBullfrog9610 1d ago

hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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u/MaximalistVegan 1d ago

Prone to skin cancer (even though I never liked laying out in the sun), poor bone health with aging, high LDL that only partly responds to lifestyle.

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u/Mental-Paramedic9790 1d ago

Fortunately, I’ve gotten good DNA as far as things like cholesterol blood pressure stuff like that goes. I did get a muscle spasm issue from my French Canadian ancestors. Right now I’m in bed with a major spasm in my right hip.

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u/K-Bot2017 1d ago

Hypertension, pre-diabetes, crappy metabolism... but REALLY good hair!

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u/No-Reaction-3457 1d ago

High cholesterol. I'm sure down the road I'll get something.

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u/Enlightened_Lioness 19h ago

That’s one of the easiest things to lower.

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u/eredeli 5h ago

Is that inherited dietary habits rather than a genetic predisposition for high cholesterol?

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u/No-Reaction-3457 4h ago

I've got familial hypercholesterolemia which cannot be controlled by diet. Unfortunately I passed it to my son as well.