Hello everyone I have a relative that lives in a country that doesn’t have the best healthcare. They diagnosed him with MS but his symptoms are so severe that I wonder how can someone so young get so bad so quick.

26M symptom onset 16 years of age Weakness all over

difficulty walking and getting worse everyday currently uses a cane but moving to a walker

Shaking when holding anything.

Loss of balance when walking

Hearing loss completely in 1 ear and losing hearing in the other rapidly

Legally blind by US standards- can’t even leave his home alone because of blindness

Mood issues, lashes out, depression, attempted suicide in the past before blindness

Now the symptoms sound like MS but even with medication it seems he’s just going to become immobile and lose all semblance of independence. Since MS is not a “terminal” illness in that it kills, Will he live the rest of his life in this misery?