If so, I am interested in anything on Dupuis genetics.
There is a syndrome in the Dupuis line which can cause
death if you're given anesethetic. The Essex County,
Ontario medical people (lots of Dupuis' there) are
right up on it - but I don't think they are where I
live. As I have three Dupuis lines converging at both
of my grandparents - all back to the same original
Dupuis - this is something I would like know about for
myself and my family.
If there is any information at all about this, I'd
appreciate you passing it on to me.
Thanks a bunch,
--
Fran (Deschamps) LaChance
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
http://www2.ebtech.net/~lachance/index.html - with
links to my two other
French-Canadian sites with over 27,000 names. What you
can't see, you can get from me.
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The condition you are looking for is called "Malignant hypothermia" . A
swift and deadly chemical reaction to certain anesthetics. A patient under
anesthesia, can abruptly run a temperature over 110 degrees F. with
resultant massive damage to internal organs. This disorder is found in the
descendants of Michel and Marie Dupuis who emigrated from France to Nova
Scotia in 1651. The Dupuis intermarried with Comartins and Cazas and settled
around Northern Quebec and South Western Ontario. I have a list of families
from an old data base that are susceptible to this disorder.
Richard Saumier
Malignant Hyperthermia is the correct term...
Here is an address for more information !!
Malignant Hyperthermia Association,
Room 314, Elizabeth Wing,
Toronto General Hospital,
101 College Street,
Toronto, Ontario,
M5G 1L7
This address is dated back to 1982, but I assume it is still a valid
address.
Rick
Are you sure it is an anesthetic, or might it be a paralytic that is used
with anesthesia?Do you have anything more on this?
Bob
Fran LaChance <lach...@ebtech.net> wrote in message
news:37A387E7...@ebtech.net...
Does you know how to get aol email addresses? My uncle
is online through aol and they have some information,
but I can't seem to find their address and they haven't
written me in ages since going to aol.
TTYL
Fran