Family history

Family history: Family history of disease as a risk factor.
Introduction: Diseases for which "family history" of that disease is a risk factor tend to be polygenic diseases subject to multifactorial inheritance, rather than true genetic diseases. However, family history is obviously a very strong risk factor for any monogenic disease.

Condition count: 76; see list of conditions below.
Risk factor classes: Genetics (81)

Risk factors: Risk Factor Center, risk factor list

Family history: Diseases list

The following list of medical conditions have 'Family history' or similar listed as a risk factor in our database:

A

• Acne ... family history of acne
• Acute rheumatic fever ... family history
• ADD ... family history of ADHD
• ADHD ... family history of ADHD
• Age-related macular degeneration ... family history
• Allergies ... family history of allergy
• Angina ... family history of coronary artery disease
• Ankylosing Spondylitis ... family history of disease
• Atherosclerosis ... family history of heart disease, family history of stroke
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ... family history of ADHD
• Autism ... family history of autism, family history of autism spectrum disorders, family history of language delay

B

• Bipolar disorder ... family history of depression, family history of bipolar disorder
• Bladder Cancer ... Family history of bladder cancer
• Breast Cancer ... family history of breast cancer

C

• Cancer ... Family history of cancer
• Cardiovascular Disease ... family history of CVD
• Celiac Disease ... Family history of autoimmune diseases, Family history of celiac
• Colorectal cancer ... family history of colorectal cancer
• Colorectal Polyps ... family history of colon polyps
• Congenital conditions ... family history
• Coronary heart disease ... family history of CHD
• Crohn's disease ... family history of Crohn's disease
• Cyclic vomiting syndrome ... family history of migraine

D

• Dementia ... family history of dementia
• Diabetes ... family history of Type 2 diabetes
• Duodenal ulcer ... family history of ulcers

E

• Eczema ... family history of asthma, family history of eczema, family history of allergies, family history of hay fever
• Emphysema ... family history of disease
• End-stage renal disease ... family history of hypertension

F

• Familial emphysema ... family history of disease

G

• Genetic Disease ... family history of genetic disease
• Gestational diabetes ... family history of diabetes
• Glaucoma ... family history of glaucoma

H

• Heart attack ... Family history of heart disease
• Heart disease ... family history of early heart disease
• Heart failure ... family history of heart problems
• Hemochromatosis ... family history of arthritis, family history of liver disease
• Hepatoma ... family history of liver cancer
• High Cholesterol ... family history of high cholesterol
• Hirschsprung's disease ... family history of Hirschsprung's disease
• Hodgkin's Disease ... Family History of Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypertension ... family history of high blood pressure
• Hyperthyroidism ... family history of autoimmune diseases
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ... family history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

K

• Kidney stones ... family history of kidney stones

L

• Learning disabilities ... family history of learning disorder
• Liver cancer ... family history of liver cancer

M

• Melanoma ... family history of melanoma, family history of dysplastic nevi (abnormal moles)
• Migraine ... family history of migraine
• Multiple Myeloma ... family history of multiple myeloma

N

• Narcolepsy ... family history of narcolepsy

O

• Obsessive-compulsive disorder ... family history of OCD
• Open-angle glaucoma ... family history of glaucoma
• Osteoarthritis ... family history of arthritis
• Osteoporosis ... family history of osteoporosis
• Ovarian Cancer ... family history of early onset cancer, family history of breast cancer, family history of ovarian cancer

P

• Pancreatic cancer ... Family history of pancreatic cancer
• Peyronie's disease ... family history
• Presbycusis ... Family history
• Primary pulmonary hypertension ... family history of PPH
• Prostate Cancer ... Family history of prostate cancer
• Psoriasis ... family history of psoriasis, family history of autoimmune diseases

R

• Rheumatic fever ... family history
• Rheumatoid arthritis ... family history
• Rosacea ... family history of rosacea

S

• Schizophrenia ... family history of Schizophrenia
• Scoliosis ... family history of scoliosis
• Stroke ... family history of stroke
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... family history of SIDS

T

• Thyroid cancer ... family history of goiter, family history of colon polyps, Family history of thyroid cancer
• Type 1 diabetes ... family history of autoimmune diseases
• Type 2 diabetes ... family history of Type 2 diabetes

U

• Uterine Cancer ... family history of breast cancer, family history of ovarian cancer

V

• Vagina cancer ... family history of cancer
• Varicose veins ... family history of varicose veins
• Vitiligo ... family history of vitiligo

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