I called this!
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I called this roughly 6 months after I was diagnosed. It’s only common sense. The human body can only take so much of your immune system attacking itself, and in short, it does one hell of a job destroying itself. Not to mention the drugs and the stress of the pain that you have to deal with. It all adds up (see below). I have been saying all along, my life span has been shortened. People have been telling me “oh no, I know people who take all kinds of drugs and are still alive in their 80′ or 90’s”. Well, I am not going to be one of the lottery winners that make it that long. Although this is some fucked up depressing news, it only confirms what I already knew.
#7 - “People with rheumatoid arthritis have an increased risk of mortality or death rate compared to the general population.”
Older medical literature suggests that people with rheumatoid arthritis may live 10-15 years less than their healthy counterparts. Life expectancy is influenced by many factors though, including family history, overall health, and lifestyle choices. The newest class of arthritis drugs, referred to as biologics, hopefully will offer a better prognosis.
# Rheumatoid Arthritis Shortens Life Expectancy
# The Correlation of Life Expectancy and Arthritis
# The Effect of Rheumatoid Arthritis on Mortality
Pulled from:
http://arthritis.about.com/od/rheumatoidarthritis/a/rheumatoid_fact.htm
-Ruger
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