Celine Dion’s European Tour Gets Cancelled Due to Rare Genetic Disorder
“Unfortunately, the spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to,” she said.
Celine Dion has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder called Stiff Person Syndrome.
She informed her fans about this syndrome through an Instagram video that was posted in English and French on Thursday.
“Unfortunately, the spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to,” she said.
“I miss seeing all of you, being on the stage, performing for you. I always give 100% when I do my shows, but my condition is not allowing me to give you that right now,” she further added.
As a result of this syndrome Celine has postponed the European 2023 tour.
This news has come as a real shocker to Celine Dion fans. The singer is well known for superhit songs like ‘My Heart Will Go On’, I’m Alive, That’s The Way It Is, A New Day Has Come and so on.
Stiff person syndrome also known as Moersch-Woltman syndrome affects one person in every million people. It affects the central nervous system. It causes rigid muscles and painful muscle spasms which can be triggered by light touch or loud noises. The exact cause of the disorder is not known as of now.
Some symptoms of Stiff Person syndrome include intense pain, discomfort, hunched posture, painful muscle spasms and disturbance in sleep. The symptoms develop gradually with time.
This genetic disorder is more common in women than in men.
Dr. Satonsh Kesari, MD, PhD who is not Celine’s personal physician although he is the Regional Medical Director for the Research Clinical Institute of Providence Southern California told Hollywood Life, “There are many treatments that can help and I think she just needs to go through one by one and figure out what’s going to help improve the disease and keep it at bay…I don’t want to say we can take away 100% of the symptoms, but we can make them improve significantly.”
“There are [still] patients who don’t respond as well, or their healing is slow to progress, even on treatment. So, we do need to understand this better and we need to do more research to get a real cure.”