Singer Celine Dion has told fans that she has been diagnose with Stiff Person Syndrome ( SPS ) , as she cancel term of enlistment date due to the rare and incurable condition .
" Recently I ’ve been diagnose with a very rarified neurological disorder called the unshakable someone syndrome , which dissemble something like one in a million masses , " Dion , 54 , said in avideo posted to Instagramand YouTube .
The experimental condition is a uncommon neurological upset that cause muscles to become progressively soused . It isbelieved to be an autoimmune disorderliness , though the precise case is as yet nameless . Left untreated , it can significantly affect a patient ’s ability to perform everyday task .
" SPS is characterized by fluctuating muscle rigidity in the trunk and limb and a heightened sensitivity to stimuli such as noise , feeling , and emotional distress , which can set off muscle spasm , " the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ( NINDS)explains on their website .
" Abnormal postures , often hunch over over and stiffened , are characteristic of the disorderliness . "
Symptoms usually acquire over a period of month , and either get worse over the years or stabilize , and symptom can also be stabilized with Valium and anti - convulsants let in Neurontin and tiagabine . However , symptoms of SPS can be made worsened by being exposed to loud auditory sensation , set off heftiness spasm .
" While we ’re still learning about this rare condition , we now lie with this is what ’s been get all of the spasms I ’ve been birth , " Dion said in the video .
" regrettably , these spasm affect every aspect of my daily life , sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not permit me to habituate my vocal chord to let the cat out of the bag the way I ’m used to . "
Dion enunciate that she is make with a team of doctors and a sportswoman medicine healer in Holy Order to work up up strength , but the condition means she is unable to carry on her European tour in February .
" All I jazz is singing . It ’s what I ’ve done all my life and it ’s what I love to do the most , " she continue . " I miss you so much . I miss visit all of you , being on the stage , performing for you . "
" I always give 100 percent when I do my shows but my condition is not allowing me to give you that aright now . "
