Bruce Willis’ family has revealed that the actor has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
This comes less than one year after the Hollywood icon retired from acting due to his battle with a brain disorder called aphasia, which causes difficulties with speech, but this has progressed and he has been given a more specific diagnosis, the family said.
The family expressed their “deepest gratitude for the incredible outpouring of love” and went on to say his condition has progressed after receiving a more specific diagnosis frontotemporal dementia which is the most common form of dementia in people under sixty in a joint statement.
“While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis. FTD is a cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can strike anyone. Today there are no treatments for the disease; a reality that we hope can change in the years ahead. As Bruce’s condition advances, we hope that any media attention can be focused on shining a light on this disease that needs far more awareness and research.” it also said.
The statement was also posted on the website of the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and signed by Willis’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, his ex-wife Demi Moore and his five children, Rumer, Scout, Tallulah, Mabel and Evelyn.
FTD affects the lobes of the brain behind the forehead, which deal with behavior, problem-solving, planning and emotions with symptoms including personality changes, obsessive behavior and speaking difficulties.
Last March, Willis’s family said his aphasia had affected his cognitive abilities. The condition causes the loss of ability to understand or express speech.
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