What Is Tay-Sachs Disease?
9. Prognosis
The prognosis for most children with Tay-Sachs disease is not very promising. Most children die by the age of 4, even if they receive the very best care the medical community currently has to offer.
In children with late-onset Tay-Sachs disease, symptoms tend to develop much more slowly than the infantile form of the disease. These people may be able to live normally for some of their life, but may eventually become wheelchair-bound as the disease progresses and hampers their ability to be physically active.
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