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This is a list of notable people who have or had motor neuron diseases, a group of rare neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells which control voluntary muscles of the body.
Many famous people are incorrectly recorded as having epilepsy. In some cases there is no evidence at all to justify a diagnosis of epilepsy. In others, the symptoms have been misinterpreted. In some, the seizures were provoked by other causes, such as acute illness or alcohol withdrawal. [4] [206]
Famous people have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Living. Neil Diamond at Hollywood Walk of Fame induction, August 2012 Davis Phinney started a ...
This is a list of notable people with multiple sclerosis, a demyelinating disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. [1] This damage disrupts the ability of parts of the nervous system to transmit signals , resulting in a range of signs and symptoms , including physical, mental , and ...
15 Famous, Inspiring People in History Who Had Schizophrenia. Shelby Deering. May 31, 2024 at 10:59 AM. ... oftentimes discussing depression and anxiety disorders out in the open.
This is a list of notable people who have claimed to have the neurological condition synesthesia.Following that, there is a list of people who are often wrongly believed to have had synesthesia because they used it as a device in their art, poetry or music (referred to as pseudo-synesthetes).
Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, was stricken with a paralytic illness in 1921, at age 39.His main symptoms were fever; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperesthesia; and a descending pattern of recovery.
This category is for people who have been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron (or neurone) disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, and either are currently living or died of an unrelated cause.