Celine Dion has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Disease, which affects one in a million people. It is a neurological disorder characterized in particular by progressive muscle stiffness, causing difficulty in walking and preventing her from using her vocal cords.
Celine Dion has canceled her scheduled concerts until April 2024 due to health problems. “I’m trying hard to get my strength back, but touring can be very difficult (…) It’s better to cancel everything now, until I’m really ready to get back on stage,” said the 55-year-old star .
Celine Dion diagnosed with rigid person syndrome
Stiff man syndrome or Moersch-Woltman disease is a rare neurological disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by progressive stiffness.
“There are some who have lost hope because it is an unknown disease. (…) She works hard but has no control over her muscles. What hurts me is that she was always disciplined. She always worked hard. (…) It is certain that, in our dreams and in his, it is to return to the stage. In what state? I do not know. The vocal cords are muscles and the heart is also a muscle,” said Claudette in an interview with 7Jour.
Celine Dion has been diagnosed with Stiff Person Disease, which affects one in a million people. It is a neurological disorder characterized in particular by progressive muscle stiffness, causing difficulty in walking and preventing her from using her vocal cords.
It has been found over time and various experiments that Stiff Person Syndrome is an autoimmune condition.
Stiff person syndrome begins with the contraction of the axial muscles, which is the first stage of the disease. Then, along the way, they will report pain, back discomfort or swelling, pain in the whole back that can worsen with tension or stress.
Unfortunately, due to the strong psychological components from the early stages, the patient is classified as psychogenic, and this causes the treatment to be delayed for a while.
Another stage of the disease is called late, when the muscles of the proximal limbs also become affected, especially when the patient is upset, angry or surprised.
This stage causes extremely painful spasms that slowly resolve, and the patient begins to move slowly to relieve the pain, as rapid movements induce severe spasms. Extremities are also affected in case of fast movements. Hence the patient’s quality of life is affected at a fairly high level, making social or professional life impossible in most cases.
The end stage of the disease is overwhelming because very few muscles seem to be spared by this disease. Joint deformities occur and even skeletal fractures and muscle tears may occur during the spasms, with facial and pharyngeal muscles also being affected.
It was found that post-surgery, abdominal injuries present a high risk of spontaneous ruptures. Unfortunately, at this stage already the activities considered simple are deeply affected, the cited source also shows.
