Thursday, January 4, 2018
No Flu? Genetic Resistance SNP
Sometimes I'm not as organized as I should be. I remember seeing a rather uncommon SNP in my genome that would indicate some resistance to getting the flu. But cannot locate it again for the life of me. My daughter and I visited my grandmother last week. There was sign on the front entrance of the nursing home warning that many people had the flu. Since I could not see my grandmother Christmas weekend I felt like I could not back out from seeing her. The flu warning was going to be lifted the next day. She was coughing a little and several nurses and residents were wearing face masks in the nursing home. A few days later I noticed that one lymph node was swollen. Then it felt completely better a few days after that. My daughter was coughing only a little. I had medicine on hand in case she got sick. So far, neither of us got sick. Grandmother has since developed the full blown flu and put on flu medicine. I hope she gets to feeling better quick and gets a break from having the cold and/or flu for a while. And I hope to let you know what that SNP is soon!
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