Eurhoria and Gray’s anatomy star Eric Dane revealed that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of motor neuronal disease (MND).
Speech peopleThe 52-year-old American actor said he was “thanks to us for accompanying my lover’s family in the next chapter.”
He added: “I am lucky to be able to continue working and look forward to regaining joy next week.”
Dane plays the Jacobs clan patriarch Cal Jacobs in the HBO teenage drama Euphoria, which will begin production on Monday in season three.
Prior to that, starting in 2006, he was perhaps the most famous Dr. Mark Sloan in Gray’s anatomy.
He also plays Jason Dean in the Fantasy Drama series Charmed, Captain Tom Chandler in the action drama The Last Ship, appearing in both Marley and Me, Valentine’s Day and Funny Show.
He married other actress and model Rebecca Gayheart, and the couple has two children.
according to NHSMND “covers several different conditions, and their common characteristics are premature degeneration of motor nerves (called neurons or neurons).
It says nearly 90% of MND patients have a mixed ALS form of the disease.
- ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a rare degenerative disease that causes progressive paralysis of muscles.
- Patients first twitch or weakness in the limbs, and then frequently perform slanderous voices.
- The disease affects nerve cells in the brain and spine that control muscle movement, causing patients to slowly lose their ability to speak, eat, walk and breathe
- ALS cannot be cured and according to Muscle dystrophy associationpeople usually live three to five years after diagnosis, although some people can live for decades
