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MGUS: Please, let me know I not alone

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Jun 3, 2023 | Replies (144)
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@grannycrop

Can someone tell me if you are born with mgus and only certain tests pick it up or does it develop as you grow older?

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Nov 14, 2022

Hi @grannycrop Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) can develop as a person ages in which an abnormal protein — known as monoclonal protein or M protein — is in your blood.

Here are a couple of links from the Mayo website and one from Healthline.com that gives you a little more information about the disease.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mgus/symptoms-causes/syc-20352362https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/mgus/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20352367https://www.healthline.com/health/how-serious-is-mgus#treatment

Were you diagnosed with MGUS?

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ea1 | @ea1 | Nov 19, 2022

My Hematologist informed me that it is possible that I have had MGUS for many year. Wouldn’t be tested if not due to Neuropathy which is not related to MGUS in my case

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