What is the life expectancy of someone with Arachnoiditis?

People who suffer from AA usually live to their normal life expectancy. Every case is different, chronic pain in itself can shorten life span and this disease is different for everyone so it's hard to say. For some people it progressive for others it's not. Surgical procedures or further injury can progress the diagnosis but it really depends on what nerves are effected and where. There have been few reported cases of death from AA as scar tissue spreads it can shut down parts of the central nervous system but cases are rare

Arachnoiditis has long been considered a "rare" condition, so hardly any research has been done on it or on a patient's life expectancy. Just recently, some research on hormone therapy has been done by Dr. Forest Tennant in California. Unfortunately, he is no longer taking new patients. I have also heard about stem cell research, but the progression is still in its infancy.

As of today, there is no real effective treatment or cure for Arachnoiditis. Life expectancy, as far as I'm aware, is unknown.

We have a normal life-expectancy, but things can get more difficult over time or if there are additional injures or surgeries on the spine. Avoid injections into your spine and avoid back surgery unless it is to save your life.

I have never in my life know pain as I have had with Adhesive Arachnoiditis. I never knew what it was until I got it from an Epidural Spine Injection. The PMD injected me with Bacterial Meningitis and managed to puncture the Arachnoid Membrane as well. The Infectious Disease doctor and Neurosurgeon were the Drs. that told me what I have and that there is no cure for it. My nightmare began in July of 2015, the stress has caused me to have 4 heart attacks and I lost 70 pounds the first year.. My legs and feet are loosing feeling now and only get worse each month. I was told by the infectious disease doctor that eventually this disease will kill me. I'm not afraid to die, I'm afraid it won't happen soon enough.

Statistics say it takes 10 years off ones life. My suggestion would be don't worry about it. Try and live your life to the fullest possible

Dr. Burton estimated that, if untreated, arachnoiditis could take 12 years off of life expectancy.

Everyone is different & the progression of the condition

Life expectancy is about the same as another person as long as you follow everything your suppose to do however some people has shortened due to strong meds and not listening to the doctor

Arachnoiditis has long been considered a "rare" condition, so hardly any research has been done on it or on a patient's life expectancy. Just recently, some research on hormone therapy has been done by Dr. Forest Tennant in California. Unfortunately, he is no longer taking new patients. I have also heard about stem cell research, but the progression is still in its infancy.

As of today, there is no real effective treatment or cure for Arachnoiditis. Life expectancy, as far as I'm aware, is unknown.

No controlled studies only guesses

Everyone is different Dr Long in the 1970s stared this disease shortens one live by 12 years today that is incorrect the better you get to understand adhesive arachnoiditis chemically Induced and how to manage the free ride on the daily rollacoaster the better you will be

Why worry about how long yon can live with this or any disease. You may be in a plane crash or car wreck, or even hit while crossing the street going to your doctor's office and killed. Or perhaps a tree will crash through your roof during a storm and land on you. There are ever so many other possibilities that it is
a waste of time to worry how long we have left to live with this disease. Take up a new hobby and find new things to do when your body stops working in some way. Volunteer on phone projects, read to those whose eyes will no longer let them see well enough. That can be done by phone for a friend or relative. You need know how much they will enjoy it and so will you. You will find it will also give you both so much to talk about and even research! I, too, live with this devastating disease, and have endured the pain and disability for over 40 years. I admit there are days I've begged for my life to end because of the terrible pain. My family and friends did not believe there was anything wrong with me and were not supportive at all for the first several years because I was so young, and none of them had ever heard of it.

It’s shortened by about 15 years.

because it causes lots of other problems in the body people life expectation can be lowered by 12 years.

Life expectancy has been quoted in some places as possibly being as much as 15 year less. However, no studies have been done in a decade to query this hypothesis. New treatment protocols to lower neuroinflammation and balance neurohormones in past 5 years may have impacted the life expectancy positively

No correct answer. It can be affected by other health factors. How well you take care of yourself, Genetics. But severe pain puts a burden on your whole-body mind and soul. When My pain is severe, and I take strong meds I feel like my heart could burst. The stress level is very high.