What is the long-term prognosis for adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD)?

What is the long-term prognosis for adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD)?

For about one-third of people with the condition, AOSD never recurs after the first time it happens and is treated. Another one-third will experience relapses, although these later flare-ups are usually less severe. For another one-third, the disease will turn chronic and last years. If you are someone with chronic AOSD, you might need immunosuppressant drugs to protect major organs.

Once AOSD is controlled, you can feel healthy and live a normal life. Steroid treatment might cause weight gain and mood changes, but as steroid dosages are reduced during treatment, those problems will disappear.