Urticaria and . WAS: More on dilatation

[Guest guest]

Kim wrote:

> ... I was informed that my grandfather and also my aunt (both on my mothers

side) had/have a history of dysphasia as well. While in the hospital for my

myotomy back in 1998, I was diagnosed with urticaria, which I still have to this

day, without break.

Achalasia is rare but there are even rarer familial forms of achalasia.

There are also families that have urticaria. Are there others in your

family with urticaria? It would be interesting if there were.

Inflammation is a noted feature of both achalasia and urticaria.

Inflammation is common to many diseases so that is not much of a

connection. If both are common in one family that would be interesting.

What about other types of inflammation in the family?

notan

[Guest guest]

You are such a fountain of knowledge notan, and I'm so glad you're a part of

this group

I know that there have been members of my family (again, maternal side) that

have had issues with allergic hives (at least that's what they always referred

to them as), and nothing nearly as severe as what I've had, which of course

aren't allergic reactions in the typical sense.  I don't know if there have

been any other inflammation-type conditions experienced by any of my family

members either.  It's definitely something that I'm going to bring up with my

surgeon at my next appointment though.

kim in canada

> ... I was informed that my grandfather and also my aunt (both on my mothers

side) had/have a history of dysphasia as well. While in the hospital for my

myotomy back in 1998, I was diagnosed with urticaria, which I still have to this

day, without break.

Achalasia is rare but there are even rarer familial forms of achalasia.

There are also families that have urticaria. Are there others in your

family with urticaria? It would be interesting if there were.

Inflammation is a noted feature of both achalasia and urticaria.

Inflammation is common to many diseases so that is not much of a

connection. If both are common in one family that would be interesting.

What about other types of inflammation in the family?

notan

[Guest guest]

Kim wrote:

> ... It's definitely something that I'm going to bring up with my surgeon at

my next appointment though.

He may or may not have an interest in the genetics of the disorders. It

may be nothing more than speculation. There is a researcher in Europe

that is taking blood samples of people with family histories of

achalasia. You could contact her and see if she is interested. Someone

here has the contact info.

notan