MS can affect life sustaining functions such as breathing and swallowing

The years I have been on MS forums I have read about many deaths of those with MS. Some of those deaths have been in their very early 20s. It is so heartbreaking when a mother posts the death of her child or a mother googles her son's username and finds the threads/post he has written and lets members know he has passed on.

Death due to complications, a direct result of the disease, suicide or due to some other unrelated health issue --- Life with this disease is not easy.