Singer Celine Dion admitted in an emotional message that she is battling a rare neurological disease. This makes it necessary to cancel the concerts scheduled for 2023. Through a video posted on her Instagram profile, the singer revealed her diagnosis, thus putting an end to media speculation until recently.
“I wasn’t ready to tell everything before, but now I am. I’ve had health problems for a long time and it’s really hard for me to face these challenges and talk about everything I’m going through. I was recently diagnosed with an extremely rare, called stiff person syndrome, which occurs in 1 in a million people And while we’re still investigating this rare condition, we already know it’s responsible for all the spasms I’ve had.says the singer in her video conversion.
In February 2023, Céline Dion was supposed to start her European tour. Spring tour concerts will be rescheduled for 2024 and 8 summer 2023 shows have been cancelled.
With great sadness, the singer spoke about the fact that her concerts will be rescheduled or canceled, but this is necessary in order to direct all her strength and energy to treatment.
In conclusion, the singer thanked for all the encouraging messages received from fans and looks forward to the moment when she will meet the public again.
Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a rare and incurable autoimmune neurological disease. It is characterized by variable muscle stiffness and increased sensitivity to noise and touch. Sufferers often have an unnatural posture, often hunched over and immobile, and as the disease progresses, they lose the ability to walk or move, sometimes even to speak. The disease occurs twice as often in women than in men. Treatment of the syndrome is multifactorial – with anxiolytics, muscle relaxants, anticonvulsants and painkillers. Although incurable, with the right therapy, the symptoms can be controlled.
