2023-06-17 13:31:23
Celine Dion’s health deteriorated
Sources close to the international artist revealed Celine Dion About the deterioration of her condition due to suffering from stiff person syndrome, shortly after announcing the cancellation of her concerts for the years 2023-2024 due to the completion of treatment and her inability to continue her world tour.
According to some reports Foreign newspapers, sources close to her, revealed her poor health, much of what the international artist said, and the situation may deteriorate to her inability to perform concerts anymore.
The source explained that Celine Dion can hardly move now and suffers from severe pain throughout the body, although she is under medical supervision from an integrated medical team, but her health is still deteriorating and she is not feeling well.
The source added, “She suffers from an incurable disease, and no matter how hard she works with the doctors, she simply does not improve,” pointing out that she may not return to the theater again, although she is making a great effort to meet her audience.
This came after Celine Dion announced a month ago the cancellation of about 40 concerts that were scheduled to be held in Europe until April 2023 for health reasons, according to what was announced by the organizers of her tour.
The decision to cancel came after Celine Dion revealed that she had a rare neurological disease and had been undergoing treatment since last December, which forced her to postpone and cancel some of the concerts she was scheduled to perform between February and July 2023.
She said in a statement: “I am making a great effort to regain my strength, but concerts can be very difficult, and it is advisable that we cancel everything for the time being, waiting for me to really become ready to stand again on stage.”
Celine Dion’s last concert was in March 2020 in New York City, USA, and this was the first concert among the 52 scheduled to be held on her world tour, but the Corona pandemic cut it off.
On September 1, Celine Dion announced that she was suffering from muscle cramps and that she had stiff person syndrome, a condition whose cause remains unknown and is believed to be autoimmune.
What is the stiff person syndrome?
It is a rare condition and there is not a complete medical understanding of it. According to information published by CNN, “stiff person syndrome” is a rare neurological condition that may take years to diagnose and design a specific treatment for.
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in the United States, “stiff person syndrome” is characterized by muscle rigidity and spasms, increased sensitivity to stimuli such as sound and lights, and emotional distress that can cause muscle spasms.
The condition is often associated with muscle spasms, which can be very severe. In this context, Dr. Emile Sami Moukheiber, of the Stiff Person Syndrome Center at Johns Hopkins Medicine, said: “This condition can cause falls, severe pain and significant disability. Falls due to severe spasms are very common. These spasms can be triggered by intense emotions and cold weather,” according to what was reported by the newspaper, “Al-Sharq Al-Awsat.”
These spasms may be strong enough to break bones, and any fall can lead to serious injury.
Anxiety disease
Symptoms of the syndrome can also cause anxiety. In this context, Dr. Scott Newsom, director of the Stiff Person Syndrome Center, said: “Many, if not all, patients have disease-related anxiety, and that anxiety is actually fueled by the physical ailments that people can develop.”
Mokheiber said the condition affects about one person in a million, and most neurologists will only see one or two cases in their lifetime.
The first case of stiff person syndrome was reported in the 1950s. Historically, the disease was referred to as “stiff man syndrome.” Since then, it has been found to affect twice as many women as men, and the name has been changed to Stiff Person Syndrome to avoid confusion.
the reasons
Stiff person syndrome is thought to have hallmarks of an autoimmune disease, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Although the exact cause isn’t clear, according to the institute, “people with the syndrome have elevated levels of GAD, an antibody that works against an enzyme involved in the formation of an important neurotransmitter in the brain.”
Because the disease is rare and its symptoms are vague, people often seek care for chronic pain before they seek neurological care. On average, it takes about seven years for someone to receive a diagnosis of stiff person syndrome. In this context, Newsom said, “Sometimes, patients are described as insane, because on early examination, the hallmarks of stiff person syndrome are not present.”
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