Once a person
has been diagnosed with a motor neuron disease, it is terrifying that he only
has about 5-10 years in his life, lessening the motor neuron disease life expectancy since few people survive this
kind of disease. This is to be expected since motor neuron diseases deprive a
person of his power to voluntarily control his muscles due to the damage on the
motor neurons. Due to this, a person cannot willingly walk, speak, swallow, and
scariest of them all, breathe and when this happens, mortality is also expected
to happen. In a way, this disease deprives a person the ability to do anything.
After a span of 2-5 years, motor
neuron diseases tend to become fatal, which further lessen a person’s life
expectancy. Aside from this, rough estimates show that in 5 patients, only 1
survives for 5 years while in 10 patients, only 1 survive for a maximum motor neuron disease life expectancy of
10 years. With these figures, the chances of surviving are truly slim, plus the
facts that there is no known permanent cure for the sickness. Another thing is
that the cause of the disease is unknown, thus the same cannot be prevented and
a person cannot take any precautionary measures in stopping the disease from
occurring.
The only person that is known to
have survived and lived through having a motor neuron disease is Stephen
Hawking, whom is well-known for having the disease for about 50 years now, therefore,
beating the odds of having a short life expectancy upon being diagnosed with a
motor neuron disease, making him one of the most inspiring persons that
conquered their sicknesses. He is also living proof that motor neuron disease life expectancy varies from one person to
another. Who knows, someone just might be able to live through it all.
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