Bruce Willis' family has announced the actor's condition has progressed to frontotemporal dementia, also known as FTD.
) of the recent diagnosis they referred to as"a cruel disease."
According to the Alzheimer's Association, FTD"refers to a group of disorders caused by progressive nerve cell lossin the brain's frontal lobes or its temporal lobes . The association also says nerve cell damaged caused by FTD an lead to"loss of function in these brain regions, which variably cause deterioration in behavior, personality and/or difficulty with producing or comprehending language.
"FTD is a cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can strike anyone," the statement added,"For people under 60, FTD is the most common form of dementia, and because getting the diagnosis can take years, FTD is likely much more prevalent than we know. Today there are no treatments for the disease, a reality that we hope can change in the years ahead.
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