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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jan 20, 2023 | Replies (166)
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@abrown2

well that is interesting. My son had an $800 genetic test run checking for something specific when he was seen by a integrative health Dr. suspecting CIRS or a mold related issue. The test did not lead anywhere and we were still left with nothing. My son has been evaluated by a very thorough geneticist at children's hospital here. He felt there was no real need to test since he did not have anything to really look for specifically. I get it and I don't. it is like have a blood draw...they are looking for what they are looking for, rather than a bunch of things magically jumping out to them as clues. When we started all this, I thought that is more how it might work..my son would be tested and they would just see something outstanding on the lab results. That is not how it really seems to work, however.

I am curious what might be revealed by doing one of the genetic tests you suggested? If we have my son take one, would one of his Dr.s be able to see possible outstanding issues or causes for symptoms?

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oldkarl | @oldkarl | Aug 10, 2021

Hi, @abrown. Start with the symptoms, signs, etc. Take them to http://www.omim.org/entry/.......enter whatever you have. Let OMIM see if they can find anything related to whatever you enter. Then take that number or name or whatever you get to http://www.hpo.jax.org and just follow wherever it goes. And do get the full list of genes, and let sequencing.com do their magic, looking for pathogenic or risk or whatever genes or proteins which may be causing the issues your son his. Let their Genome Explorer sort out whatever conditions you are talking about. True, you might not hit on something important, but you might hit the key. I surely have. You have to let the software narrow it down, then compare that to the clinical symptoms.

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