Good morning, I have a question that is not entirely genealogical, but I hope you will indulge me. My son has been having a series of fevers of unknown origin over the last 6 months, and apparently is retaining fluids in the lining of his stomach. Based on his Croatian heritage, the doctor has hypothesized Familial Mediterranean Fever. However, he cannot be sure until the fever presents itself again because the tests require an active episode to be reliable. It apparently is a recessive gene and also is relatively rare. From what I have read on the Internet, however, Med. Fever is more prevalent in Turkey. My question is whether any of you have heard of Familial Mediterranean Fever among Croatians. Thanks! Vicki Sauter ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v ^v^v^v^v^v^v^ No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. Vicki L. Sauter Professor of Information Systems email: Vicki.Sauter@umsl.edu University of Missouri-St. Louis voice: +1 314.516.6281 One University Blvd. fax: +1 314.516.6827 St. Louis, MO 63121-4400 USA URL: http://www.umsl.edu/~sauter/ This message is for the designated recipient(s) only and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original.

No, Vicki, I haven't, I'm sorry. But I'll pray for your son and I'll pray that the doctors get to the bottom of it with tests, etc. edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sauter, Vicki L." <vicki.sauter@umsl.edu> To: <CROATIA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:22 AM Subject: [CROATIA] Familial Mediterranean Fever > Good morning, > I have a question that is not entirely genealogical, but I hope you > will indulge me. > My son has been having a series of fevers of unknown origin over the > last 6 months, and apparently is retaining fluids in the lining of his > stomach. Based on his Croatian heritage, the doctor has hypothesized > Familial Mediterranean Fever. However, he cannot be sure until the > fever presents itself again because the tests require an active episode > to be reliable. It apparently is a recessive gene and also is > relatively rare. From what I have read on the Internet, however, Med. > Fever is more prevalent in Turkey. > My question is whether any of you have heard of Familial Mediterranean > Fever among Croatians. > > Thanks! > Vicki Sauter > > ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v > ^v^v^v^v^v^v^ > No trees were killed in the sending of this message. > However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > Vicki L. Sauter > Professor of Information Systems email: Vicki.Sauter@umsl.edu > University of Missouri-St. Louis voice: +1 314.516.6281 > One University Blvd. fax: +1 314.516.6827 > St. Louis, MO 63121-4400 USA URL: > http://www.umsl.edu/~sauter/ > > This message is for the designated recipient(s) only and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you received it in error, > please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CROATIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >