Bruce Willis Diagnosed With Aphasia, Fans Are Worried

Wills fans are worried to earn of his mental condition. The legend has been diagnosed with aphasia, a condition that makes it hard to understand or speak. His family said Wednesday that he is taking a break from acting because of the condition. This is what his family said in a statement that was posted on his Instagram account: Willis has aphasia and it’s hurting his ability to think.

Reasons For Aphasia

There are many possible reasons for aphasia. A stroke or head injury can cause it, but it can also be caused by a brain tumor that grows slowly or a disease that causes degenerative damage, like Alzheimer’s disease. It is mostly treated with speech therapy and learning how to communicate in other ways.

There is also a separate type of the condition called primary progressive aphasia, but it is not the same. As time goes on, this gets worse. People in the medical field don’t know what causes primary progressive aphasia. We know that it affects the same parts of the brain as aphasia caused by a stroke or hemorrhage, but the onset of symptoms is different.

Fake News About Legend’s Death

The news that Willis, one of Hollywood’s best-known actors, had died spread quickly on the internet because fans were so agitated.

This is how they explained it: “We’re going through this together as a strong family. We wanted to bring his fans in because we know how much he means to you and how much he means to him.” We want to live it up as Bruce always says.

A True Legendary, all times Hero of Hollywood

Willis had been working consistently and often. When people think of “Die Hard,” they think of Willis. He has made a lot of straight-to-video thrillers in the last few years. Last year, he starred in eight movies. Most of them came and went quietly, like “Cosmic Sin,” “Out of Death,” and “Deadlock.”

As a speech pathologist, Brooke Hatfield is part of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). She says that people with expressive aphasia “usually understand fairly well but have trouble getting words out.”

More About Aphasia

During receptive aphasia, “words come quickly, but they may not be the right words.” Hatfield said that it is hard for that person to understand what they’re hearing.

So-called “global aphasia” has parts of expressive and receptive aphasia in it. This disease usually doesn’t hurt a person’s ability to think.

An actor might have trouble with aphasia depending on how bad it is, says Brenda Rapp, who works with people who have the condition.

A new type of speech therapy and other non-invasive methods are being looked into by researchers. These include a procedure that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate brain cells.