{"id":318530,"date":"2023-12-19T12:05:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=318530"},"modified":"2023-12-19T12:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T12:05:30","slug":"celine-dion-has-lost-control-of-her-muscles-to-rare-disorder-says-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/celebrity\/celine-dion-has-lost-control-of-her-muscles-to-rare-disorder-says-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"Celine Dion has ‘lost control of her muscles’ to rare disorder says sister"},"content":{"rendered":"

Celine Dion cancels Summer 2023 shows after rare diagnosis<\/h3>\n

Last December, music icon Celine Dion revealed she had been diagnosed with the rare and progressive condition stiff person syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes the body to attack its own nerve cells.<\/p>\n

Patients tend to lose control over their bodies due to the disorder, which currently has no cure and is so rare that research is particularly slow.<\/p>\n

Now, Celine\u2019s older sister, Claudette, shared a heartbreaking update with fans after the singer was forced to cancel her last tour as the disease took hold.<\/p>\n

The 74-year-old told 7 Jours that the French Canadian singer is \u201cworking hard\u201d to keep the condition at bay but \u201cdoesn\u2019t have control over her muscles\u201d anymore.<\/p>\n

She assured fans that the Hollywood star wants \u201cto return to the stage\u201d but admitted it\u2019s not yet clear in what capacity this will actually be possible.<\/p>\n

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Stiff person syndrome, or SPS, can leave patients struggling to walk or talk due to the muscle stiffness and spasms that it causes, with some sufferers living a statue-like existence during the progressive disorder\u2019s final stages.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s believed to only affect one in a million people with women making up the majority of diagnosed patients.<\/p>\n

Claudette pointed out that the disorder could have disastrous consequences both for Celine\u2019s career and life as she pointed out that it targets muscles in the body, adding: \u201cThe vocal cords are muscles, and the heart is also a muscle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite pulling the \u201ctop researchers in the field\u201d to help, Celine has seen little improvement in her health over the past year since making her diagnosis public over Instagram.<\/p>\n

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