Need a chronic lethal condition for a character (CLOSED)

[Kelheor]

... of around 11-13 years old who can die any minute because of it. Preferably if it's not too deadly so the parents could leave the character alone with friends with no supervision.
One more preference is that there are no too visible indications like a wheelchair or breathing tubes (if possible), but they can limp or breath heavily.

Thank you for your help!

[ninjashira]

Lupus sounds like it could work for what you want. It has a lot of symptoms that could cause limping and heavy breathing, like muscle soreness, joint damage, and respiratory issues. As long as it's managed properly it's likely not to be fatal, but if the symptoms flare up and aren't treated, it can lead to kidney failure and cardiac arrest even in younger people. And if you have lupus, you're more susceptible to things like blood clots, which can cause all kinds of complications or death if there blood clot is in a bad spot.

But also, between flare-ups and when properly medicated, the person can live a mostly normal life. So if you need your character to still be able to go out and do things, they can.

[Kelheor]

Thank you!
The part about hard breathing or limping is more to explain the "not too visible" idea, but this looks appropriate I'll wait for other answers, but thanks again, need to read more on it!

[IndigoShirtProd]

What about cystic fibrosis? It's not super obvious with treatment and without treatment it can end very poorly. Even with treatment, people tend to die young (around 40), but even so it's likely to have complication like getting a deadly case of pneumonia.

[An_Alias]

Hemophilia?
Internal injuries can be sneaky and there are few visible symptoms besides bruising and joint pain.

[SpavVy]

Maybe a form of epilepsy? I've known plenty of people with this condition and they can be pretty frightening, I also had a pet ferret that unfortunately went into a coma from a seizure and had to be put down. My boyfriend's cousin's dog also had seizures all his life and had to be euthanized because his organs were failing.

[MorganaMevil]

A heart condition? I had a friend with a heart condition. His parents thought it was fixed when he was a baby, and he seemed completely healthy—a star athlete in middle school. But he just didn’t wake up one day. He was 14.

[indagold]

How about asthma? People think its a perfectly easy condition to treat and live with but in reality it causes frequent deaths more than other conditions.

[otaku_rose]

sound like cardiomyopathy. That's a condition that could take years to affect the person's body. And there are several types of this disease that could lead to the symptoms you were describing @Kelheor. I think a heart condition may be the disease process you are looking for since they tend to go unnoticed in children since it's not expected for them to have complications of this body system. If you have any more questions, I am here to help. I work as a nurse so I could help you with the break down of details if you like.

[Kelheor]

So sorry to hear that. Thank you so much for your help.

[Kelheor]

Oh wow, thanks, that's so nice of you! I will write you if we'll have questions then!

[Freemints30]

Sickle cell anemia is a fairly bad choronic condition. The person can tire out quicker, they do VERY poorly in colder whether and the flair up from sudden pain from blocked blood vessels from the red blood cells, thou painful are not deadly.

however its more common in people of African descent and places with high malaria but it has been found in everyone.

[SuperRazz]

How about sickle cell disease? All your criteria seems to fit. People with the disease can live until their mid 40's but younger ones like children can die from complications. Death is also usually sudden

Edit:
Oh shoot . Freemints beat me to it

[Kelheor]

Oh shoot . Freemints beat me to it

the more reason to read on it

[Freemints30]

Yeah I have a cousin with that condition and from what I can tell, they were in out of hospitals when they were younger. The're right now in I think their late 20's early 30's

[SuperRazz]

I hope they're doing well and are in good health. Having the disease must been awful for them

[drcharlotterodricks]

Chronic allergic bronchitis....

It's not very lethal if you can manage it well (<<From a person who has it)

Just avoid certain situations which puts pressure on your lungs and respiratory system

[violin]

I second heart condition... there was a kid at my school with heart issues who also just didn't wake up one day But other than taking meds regularly and not being allowed to do overly extreme exercise, day to day they appeared just like any other kid at school, you would never know if no one told you

[Kelheor]

Thank you very much for your help guys, I think we have our answer!

[otaku_rose]

anytime! I'm always here to help with any medical questions you may have!