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Little Miss Sunshine73
#1 Posted : Wednesday, June 05, 2013 1:23:56 PM Quote
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Hi,

I'm still fairly new having being diagnosed in February this year and I just wondered if anyone may know what trigger their RA to become active? I was asked by my specialist if I'd smoked in the past or had parents who smoked around me as a child to which no was the answer. I have heard that pregnancy can trigger RA but not fully understanding the condition I'm not sure if its just a cell that your born with and if anything actually 'triggers' it!

Thanks, Louise.BigGrin
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, June 05, 2013 1:57:14 PM Quote
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Louise, hello!

My personal trigger was having a baby - hormones everywhere! Having a cold then viral infection then ra woke from inside me!!
It's something I understand that is in our genes (genetic make up of us), also it could be hereditary.

I have another illness: thyroid.

So our bodies work in mysterious ways!

Hope this helps some way.
Jane
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Lottie B
#3 Posted : Wednesday, June 05, 2013 2:14:16 PM Quote
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Hi Louise,

I'm not sure there is a definate answer to this yet?

I was diagnosed with RA a year ago. Information I've seen so far suggests a link with smoking and red meat, and possible response to a viral infection. But I too have never smoked & was not brought up in an environment where people smoked. I haven't eaten red meat since my teens.

There is a strong RA link in my family - on both of my parents sides. Both males and females affected with onset at varying ages. So the trigger remains a mystery to me. Hopefully research may soon be able to shed some light on this for us.

Sorry I'm not able to help Confused

Good luck and best wishes,
Lottie BigGrin
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:44:08 PM Quote
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RA is one of a class of auto immune disorders in which the body's immune system goes into overdrive and attacks the body rather than invaders. Mine was triggered by a related auto immune disease, Ulcerative Colities
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Little Miss Sunshine73
#5 Posted : Thursday, June 06, 2013 12:20:04 AM Quote
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This is really interesting as I do not really know how mine was triggered. I remember watching a you tube seminar and seem to remember the specialist saying they took samples of bloods from an army camp and went back to the camp x amount of years later and could tell who would have RA!

So is it a gene or t cell you are born with?

Sorry if I sound silly Blushing but after coming to terms with having RA I'm just trying to understand it :-)

Thanks Louise
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Paul Barrett
#6 Posted : Thursday, June 06, 2013 12:27:47 AM Quote
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Yes, there are generic markers for it
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#7 Posted : Thursday, June 06, 2013 8:39:49 PM Quote
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Hi

I am not exactly sure what triggered my RA but strongly believe that stress can play a big factor. It is something I don't think I will have a definite answer to.

Take care all.

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#8 Posted : Friday, June 07, 2013 8:05:18 PM Quote
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when i was first diagnosed three years ago now .. i went to an NRAS meeting that was at my Hospital.

my Consultant was there as well as both Rheumy Nurses, along with NRAS Representative's and this was a great way of learning so much more about RA than i could have in my initial consultation.

there really was a wide variety of reasons that RA could be triggered, stress was one .. also there were two or three young Mums who developed RA in their pregnancy.

i had wondered if a huge weight loss could cause it as i had lost quite a few stones in 2007 but was under care and control of a good weight loss Clinic but my Consultant said no she really didn't think so. there was also a lot of discussion about RA can run in families.

for me i really don't think there is any clear cut answers,

Suzanne
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Little Miss Sunshine73
#9 Posted : Friday, June 07, 2013 10:21:41 PM Quote
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I wonder if for me it may be a 'harsh' way of my body telling me to slow down & I do get quite stressed at times! I don't think it was due to pregnancy as my children are 7 & 8 1/2 & will probably remain an unanswered question Confused

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