A: Wow! Have you checked Celine Dion’s Instagram?
B: Nope, what’s new?
A: In a video posted on Instagram, Celine revealed that she has been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder called “stiff person syndrome,” which affects something like one in a million people.
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B: I’ve never heard of such a syndrome. Is it serious?
A: She said the illness has been causing spasms that “affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk, and not allowing me to use my vocal chords to sing the way I’m used to.”
A: 天啊!你有看席琳狄翁的IG嗎?
B: 沒有耶,怎麼啦?
A: 她上傳了一段影片,揭露被診斷出一種罕見神經疾病︰「僵硬人症候群」,只有百萬分之一的人會發病。
B: 我從沒聽過這種病,很嚴重嗎?
A: 她說這種病會引發痙攣,「影響到日常生活中的各方面。有時候會走路困難,甚至不讓我以習慣的唱歌方式來運用聲帶。」
(By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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