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Actor Eric Dane has announced that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was (as) diagnosed with him, a rare degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
“I was diagnosed with it,” said Dane to Peeple. ‘I am grateful that my loving family is by my side while we live through this next chapter.’ The actor is married to Rebecca Gayheart and the couple has two children.
“I appreciate that I can continue working. And I look forward to again next week on the set of Euphoria To be, “he continued.” I ask you to give my family and me privacy during this time. “
Muscle weakness, twitches and atrophy
According to the Mayo Clinic leads to the loss of muscle control. There is currently no healing for this disease. The exact cause of the disease is often not yet known as Lou-Gehrig’s disease, after the baseball player in which it was diagnosed, although a small group of cases is inherited.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke indicates that the disease affects the motorurons. These are the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control arbitrary muscle movement and breathing. If motorurons degenerate and die, they no longer send signals to the muscles. Which leads to muscle weakness, twitching and atrophy. After all, people have problems speaking, walking and swallowing. And the symptoms worsen over time.
Before he as Cal Jacobs in HBOs Euphoria was seen, Dane played a recurring role as Jason Dean in WB’s Charmed. He later became Mark Sloan in Grey’s Anatomy occupied.