In the latter period of the disease, many patients may undergo the painful stage of "intubation" (a breathing tube is inserted directly into the lung through the throat to aid breathing). Aside from meticulous care and excellent supportive treatment, it appears in the end all the patient has to depend on is the will to live and "luck."
病程後期，許多病人會經歷「插管」（把氣管導管從咽喉插到患者的氣管中以幫助呼吸）的痛苦階段，除了小心照護與良好的支持性療法外，最後的憑藉，恐怕仍繫於患者的求生意志及「運氣」。