A few days after turning 55, one of the greatest legends of the American Football League and the Green Bay Packers, Brett Favre, has revealed that he suffers from Parkinson’s. As soon as he announced it, the blows to the head he received during his sports career began to be related to having been diagnosed with this disease.
Parkinson’s disease, a disease that affects the neurons in the head by not generating enough dopamine, has traumatic brain injuries, that is, blows to the head, as one of the main causes. Something that is very common in a sport like American football.
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A very hard moment
Brett Favre claimed that he had invested in a company that was developing a new drug to treat concussions that could help others, such as Tua Tagovailoa who has already suffered three concussions, and that was when he dropped the bomb.
“I’m sure you understand why it’s too late for me, because I was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s. This is also a cause close to my heart,” concluded the former Green Bay Packers player.
You will understand why it is too late for me, because I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s
Brett Favre announces that he suffers from Parkinson’s
A spectacular race full of blows
A 20-year career includes the former NFL player, who in all that time, it is estimated that he suffered nearly 1,000 concussions. Back in 2009, the American League released a conclusive study that linked blows to the head with long-term mental illness.
“It’s pretty obvious from medical research that head concussions can lead to long-term mental problems,” argued then-league spokesman Greg Aiello, in what was the first report in which a league publicly acknowledged the injuries. negative effects of concussions on health, something that has been reflected today, when Favre made public that he suffers from Parkinson’s.
