[QUOTE=JeanMarie;68158]If I remember correctly, Wegs had about an 80% fatality rate before they figured out the cytoxin pred regimen. So about 20% didn't & no one knew why.
I'm not sure of my figures but it wasn't 100% fatal.QUOTE]
Up to the 70s, a WG victim, undiagnosed, was a walking dead person. Then the drug regimens were developed, things have become much better, obviously. Yet, an acquaintance has both Churgs-Strauss and WG...he's nearly my age. Got it when he was 11, for some like him at the time, docs tried other things, for him and a few others, docs tried steroids. He's still walking and talking, the 'others' aren't,...and glad to be here. As Phil has noted, many WG patients make it into their 80s now, good enough for moi! Many on here, and by note of my docs, have had WG at least up to 2 years before dx...including myself...and perhaps even earlier - medical histories need to be discussed, not guessed at. Anyways, we're much better off nowadays depending on severity, complications, and attitudes. Best to you booknut!
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