鲁宾·昆特的担心是有道理的。医生怀疑她患了全身性的红斑狼疮,它是一种有时致人死命的器官退化疾病,医生往往难于诊断出来。这种病有在家族成员中遗传的倾向,因此,她的医生为她治疗之前,要了解她的亲属中是否有人患过此病。昆特是被收养的,她不知道谁是她的生身父母,至于她的父母或他们的亲属可能患过什么病,那就更不得而知了。说来也奇怪,像她这种境况却是屡见不鲜的, Rubin Quint’s concern is justified. The doctor suspected she had systemic lupus erythematosus, a degenerative disease of the organ that sometimes causes death, which doctors often find it hard to diagnose. The disease has a genetic predisposition to family members, so her doctor knows if any of her relatives have contracted the disease before she is treated. Quint is adopted, she does not know who her biological parents, as her parents or their relatives may have suffered any disease, it is even more unknown. Strange to say, the situation like her is not uncommon,