Niven /niv-en/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name. Niven's root is Latin, and the name Niven means holy, sacred; little bone; servant of the saint's disciple. Niven is a variant transcription of Nevin (Latin).
The average life expectancy for someone with MS is 35 years after the symptoms begin. This represents a life expectancy of 95 percent of someone who does not have multiple sclerosis. Most people with the disease can function effectively; however, a rare form of acute MS can be fatal within weeks.
MS is a chronic disease of the CNS with the onset of. symptoms usually occurring between the ages of 20. and 40. Prior studies have shown that early onset. MS (EOMS) (onset before age 16) occurs in 3 to 5% of.