What is the life expectancy of someone with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity?

I have never heard of anyone dying of MCS.

3/30/17 by KilkennyGirl 1000

There is no way to know how long your life expectancy will be. It is a matter of not putting yourself in dangerous situations. It is OK to stretch your limits, but make sure you have some fail-safes in place. If someone with MCS never has an exposure, there is no reason to expect any longevity limitations. If that person constantly is in circumstances that breathing is affected, that person's system will fail. It's all about the choices and the available resources.

10/24/17 by Paul 3000

I was told 2 months to 2 years, tops. Butkus! Its been 13 years. I'm still alive, and I'm recovering. I know of many sufferers that survived 30 years or more. Western Medicine can't help you. They don't treat illnesses. They prescribe toxic chemicals to mask the Symptoms. This condition needs to be treated by removing the toxins from your overloaded immune system, not masking the symptoms with more toxins. If you focus on detox and strengthening your immune system, while avoiding all toxins, you can have as much expectation to live a "regular" lifespan as a "normal" person.

10/27/17 by JLMcK 5550

Totally unknown. I think it depends on one's support system and quality of health care. I read somewhere the number one cause of death for chemically sensitive people is suicide.

12/21/17 by Candace 800

Nobody has died of this condition directly, I heard. (Some people get depressed, lose hope and then...)

4/12/18 by needinfo&help 1500

I found out my great grandmother had MCS with a detergent that came out in her lifetime. She lived to 98.

7/29/18 by Maya 200

Well MCS is hypothesised to be an inflammatory condition. Chronic inflammation would be expected to knock the life expectancy down a little bit, like it does for M.E. or Obesity

8/14/18 by Ian 250

People have died during exposures. It doesn’t happen often. But it happens. Yes suicide also happens here. Again not often. But it happens. Each of our bodies is affected differently. It not only affects my brain, damage has been done to my heart. I often go into AFIB. I’ve only been hospitalized twice when AFIB kicked in. It happens. But not often. Also my kidneys were affected.

8/17/18 by Sharin aka postal canary 300

Life span may be normal or it might be reduced depending on how well one can avoid exposures.

1/6/19 by Cindi 3050

The same as everyone else unless you kill yourself. I personally think that I will live longer if I can avoid the toxins.

4/1/19 by Susan 2500

Sickness can shorten your life but everyone is different. I don't think there is a clear answer to this question.

6/4/19 by Heather 3000

Our life expectancy is no different than anyone else's as long as we can avoid our triggers. unfortunately, as the disease progresses and symptoms get more severe, some patients are driven to take their own lives out of desperation. It becomes difficult to find a place to live, work, and interact with other people when fragrances and other chemicals trigger severe reactions.

7/21/19 by Trisha 1350

17 yrs for me.wat h the Anaphylaxis Mcs get worse with every year Running out of places im able to live

7/30/19 by MaryAnne 100

Wow, that’s a biggy! What’s the life expectancy of anyone?! This shouldn’t really be a question as there is no answer

8/22/19 by Carmen Rosemarie 2550

Anne Steinemann and MCS.org are always on top of research. Reading crappy sites can cause more harm than good. Its about avoiding the triggers to keep yourself healthy.

11/18/19 by Angie P. 5000

If you figure out how to take care of yourself and avoid exposure, you can live a long, happy life.

12/12/19 by Joanna 6200

Same as any other individual, as long as you're not exposing yourself to chemicals. Many chemicals trigger an inflimation response in the body, which can cause other complications in the body.

1/24/20 by Tiffani 1300

As long as GOD intends us to live. NO disease is the giver or taker of life! Only GOD.

1/30/20 by Noeleen 2500

I find this question offensive. We do not have a terminal disease and life expectancy depends on how severe our reactions are. If our throat is closing up or we have seizures, then our life expectancy is threatened to be shorter than say someone who gets headaches and nausea from the same exposure. I feel where one lives will be in play with the duration of days on this planet too. Living with MCS in say NYC - one would have a shorter life than say someone living in a small town in Alaska due to how often they get exposed.

2/11/20 by Rheama 1600

Normal. No effect because of MCS

3/7/20 by MCSzombie 6220

For rich people life may not be shorter. Howeer, for people who have seizures it is probably a lot shorter. For people who are forced to be homeless merely because they do not have enough money to build their own house while also paying at least double what other millionaires who build their own house can do, their life expectency would be like any other homeless human being minus 20 or so years because they can never go inside, never have air conditioning, heat, or continuous unlimited access to water, and cannot ask for money. For people who are homeless since MCS prevents almost all non-Internet jobs, they will also have the same problem. So, all in all, people with MCS should have a shorter life because of the oppression and discrimination that they face nonstop, even if they do not have seizures.

9/19/20 by Rayvn7 101

Usually quality of life is typically greatly reduced. A person could go into anaphylactic shock or become paralyzed (and not know it's from this) or have a seizure and die from it these ways if they aren't careful. I don't really have any firm data on this. I don't think anyone is studying our condition well enough to provide statistics on fatalities.

9/27/20 by Rebecca St. Martin 3570

If you practice avoidance, get the required mental health help, as suicide can be a big problem for canaries, and dont have other life limiting comorbid illnesses, there should not be any difference

11/12/20 by shelley 3650

As far as I know, you will have the same life expectancy as anyone. The complications are when you are exposed, your pain and symptoms. Although living with MCS can change your view on living. Life is difficult with MCS for you and for anyone who lives with you. It is a chronic, debilitating illness, limiting illness, that there is no cure for. I hear of people getting better. I guess some people can get better if they find the right program, supplements or drugs. MCS is very expensive if you keep trying new things. Prozac and Klonopin worked for me for many years until it stopped working.

2/21/21 by Christi 2350

The same as anyone as long as you are following the recommendations to stop flare ups and live in a healthy environment.

7/24/21 by Serenity 2500

No difference in average life expectancy, with the exception of increased risk of premature death for those with irritant induced asthma and who experience anaphylaxis.

11/11/21 by kola05 2620

This is a tough one, as it varies greatly and some may die from related things, like severe depression or suicide, but that aren't specifically direct. I manage well and hope to live a long, healthy, happy life.

7/31/22 by m healthy 500

As good as anyone else if you take good care of yourself

11/3/22 by Eduardo 1700

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SHOULD NOT BE LOWER THAN THAT OF ANY PERSON WITH A CHRONIC PATHOLOGY.

5/10/17 by Emilio. Translated

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be careful you never know I am not the one who should answer that

6/11/17 by Esther. Translated

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I don't know. You want to God.

9/9/17 by Karma. Translated

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I imagine that of any person. Depends on the state of health in general, the style of life and luck.

9/10/17 by Pilar. Translated

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The same as that of another petsonacon cualauier disease cnormal news

11/9/17 by Marta Elena. Translated