In an emotional message, Céline Dion recently revealed to her Instagram followers that she has a rare condition called stiff person syndrome.
The condition has begun to affect the 54-year-old Canadian singer’s vocal cords and her walking. As a result, she has had to cancel her upcoming Courage tour, which was set to begin in Europe in February 2023.
Stiff person syndrome is a very rare condition, affecting about one in a million people. It was first described in 1956 by Dr Frederick Moersch and Dr Henry Woltman at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. They called it stiff man syndrome. It is now recognised that most cases occur in women – about twice as many women as men are diagnosed with the condition.
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