I sometimes wonder if the reasin for that is simply that people are having more test at there disposal , or rather their doctors...it might be that everyone had it at an early age but that it wasn't found until late in years..the only reason i found out was becasue i have had pain in my back for years and went ot an ruematologist who wanted only to rule out everything else b4 he diagnosed me with fibromyalgia...that is when he found the spike of protien in my blood... And the saga started from thier...