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Some people can be cured by chemotherapy followed by a stem-cell transplant from a donor. [3] About seven per 100,000 people are affected by MDS; about four per 100,000 people newly acquire the condition each year. [4] The typical age of onset is 70 years. [4]
The average lifespan after the onset of symptoms in patients with MSA is 6–10 years. [4] Approximately 60% of patients require a wheelchair within five years of onset of the motor symptoms, and few patients survive beyond 12 years. [4] The disease progresses without remission at a variable rate.
Symptoms of motor neuron diseases can be first seen at birth or can come on slowly later in life. Most of these diseases worsen over time; while some, such as ALS, shorten one's life expectancy, others do not. [2] Currently, there are no approved treatments for the majority of motor neuron disorders, and care is mostly symptomatic. [2]
Many affected people will eventually become unable to walk [2] and Duchenne muscular dystrophy in particular is associated with shortened life expectancy. Muscular dystrophy was first described in the 1830s by Charles Bell. [2] The word "dystrophy" comes from the Greek dys, meaning "no, un-" and troph-meaning "nourish". [2]
The time from exposure to diagnosis was studied, and diagnosis after exposure lagged at least 20 years. [14] When exposure to one chemical was identified, there was usually exposure to another hydrocarbon solvent identified. [14] Multiple myeloma affects more men, older adults, and African Americans.
As 70% of myelodysplastic syndrome patients exhibit transfusion dependent anemia, [17] diagnosis of MDS can also help indicate transfusion dependency. Diagnosis of it is complexed with great diversity of symptoms, [ 3 ] and therefore most patients are only diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndromes when seeking clinical advice after experiencing ...
Ages 66-67 are magic numbers; that’s when many people now and later down the road will become eligible to begin receiving Social Security retirement benefits — 65 was previously the full ...
Myotonic dystrophy affects about 1 in 2,100 people, [4] a number that was long estimated to be much lower (often cited as 1 in 8,000), reflecting that not all patients have immediate symptoms and, once they do have symptoms, the long time it typically takes to get to the right diagnosis. [1]