Definitely Consensus Genetic
Jess,
I believe most surgeons would say it's genetic. Actually my daughter, who also has scoliosis, and I participated in the research that led to Scoliscore and I know that Lonner works with Scoliscore. We swabbed our cheeks and my husband was included in the sample. Then they came back and asked my daughter and I to spit in a cup to get a better DNA sample, but didn't ask my husband. In my own family, my sister also has scoliosis,
and when I spoke to some of my cousins recently I discovered that each one either had scoliosis or one of their kids did. And my parents are no longer alive and were never diagnosed with scoliosis, but I bet they both had it as they both had
horrendous backs. Also, a doctor I saw last year told me that scoliosis is particularly high in certain populations--Jews and Amish. Obviously, this is not exclusive--anyone can get scoliosis.
Lisa
Jess,
I believe most surgeons would say it's genetic. Actually my daughter, who also has scoliosis, and I participated in the research that led to Scoliscore and I know that Lonner works with Scoliscore. We swabbed our cheeks and my husband was included in the sample. Then they came back and asked my daughter and I to spit in a cup to get a better DNA sample, but didn't ask my husband. In my own family, my sister also has scoliosis,
and when I spoke to some of my cousins recently I discovered that each one either had scoliosis or one of their kids did. And my parents are no longer alive and were never diagnosed with scoliosis, but I bet they both had it as they both had
horrendous backs. Also, a doctor I saw last year told me that scoliosis is particularly high in certain populations--Jews and Amish. Obviously, this is not exclusive--anyone can get scoliosis.
Lisa
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