As a part of health screening, persons with close family members
who have the following conditions, which can run in families, should
inform their healthcare practitioners during their next visit:
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Addison's
Disease
Ankylosing
Spondylitis
Breast Cancer
Cholesterol
Problems
Colon Cancer
Depression
Diabetes
Mellitus
G6PD Deficiency
Gardner's
Syndrome
Glaucoma
Heart Attack
High Blood
Pressure
Hyperthyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Huntington Disease
Pernicious Anemia
Polycystic Kidney
Disease
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scleroderma
Sickle Cell
Sjogren's
Syndrome
Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus
Thalassemia
Tuberculosis
Vitiligo
This represents a partial list of diseases that can run in
families.
Last Editorial Review: 10/3/2005