What is your life expectancy if you have Huntington's disease?

Answer 1

No real way to answer, since there is no way to know how long ANY one person will live. HD DOES shorten your life expectancy, by it varies person to person. For a very few people that have juvenile HD, symptoms appear when they are a few years old, and their lives may be very short. Adults may typically see onset of symptoms in the 30's to 50's, and live about 20 yrs beyond that. My wife has HD, and is 69 years old. No one person, no one answer. See the website for the HD Society of America for more information.

Answer 2

I don't know that I can give you a simple answer. HD is usually not a DIRECT cause of death, but is a contibuting factor to the fall, the choking or pneumonia that is the DIRECT cause of death. As such, lifespan would be linked to the age of the onset of symptoms. With some people, symptoms begin at around age 30- for my family, it was around 55. My wife has midstage HD, at age 67. Persons in final stage HD may have lost much of their ability to move, swallow, etc, and will be more susceptible to the health hazards associated with those things. You may be able to find additional information at the website for the Huntington's Disease Society of America- hdsa.

Answer 3

The life expectancy can vary from person to person. From an average point of view it's typically 8-10 years hope this helps.

Dr langer m.d

Answer 4

Once diagnosed (usually around age 30-50) the life expectancy is about 15 years

Answer 5

55-60 years old.