Died of Rheumatism ??

[Sweetpea]

Sounds to me as though he was sickly from birth

Poor chap

This moving to the coast for health reasons Val was usually for tuberculosis. We had a huge TB hospital here years ago right on the seafront. Demolished now though - St Lukes' hospital.

[vallee]

yes Tricia thats what I thought too his mother was quite old when she had him maybe that didnt help ??
Thanks Stella.

[Olde Crone]

My mother developed severe rheumatoid arthritis, literally overnight, when she was 52.

She had previously suffered from and continued to suffer from, nephritis. I hadn't ever considered the two conditions were linked, but this has made me wonder now.

OC

[vallee]

I have found out a lot today OC

[HarrysMum]

I have an auto-immune inflamatory illness which used to be one of a group of illnesses generally called rheumatism. Mine often has kidney disease as one of it's symtoms.

Perhaps it was something similar.