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Ghanaian actor, John Peasah from the hit TV series, YOLO, is grappling with a disease, which has left him in a dire situation.
Despite numerous hospital visits, the actor, also known as Drogba, revealed that he was unresponsive to treatment, leading to a prolonged diagnosis period.
"That is where they noticed that I'm suffering from Stiff Person Syndrome, and it took them four months to diagnose me," he told DJ Slim on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM.
Stiff Person Syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by progressive muscular rigidity and stiffness, primarily affecting the truncal muscles.
Peasah lamented the ineffectiveness of medications, which only induced sleepiness, and his constant pain.
"My neurologist at the Bank Hospital was the one who diagnosed the whole thing for me. At the end of the day, Korle-Bu came up with the same thing," he explained.
Peasah also revealed his struggles with sleep apnea, which was recently diagnosed.
"I realized that I was not having sleep apnea, but the sleep apnea was diagnosed recently, and I have to use the sleep pap machine because, according to them, anytime I sleep, I seize to breathe within thirty minutes, I can go off."
He described how his heart can be the only functioning organ until he wakes up, emphasizing the severity of his condition.
Mr Peasah noted that Stiff Person Syndrome is prone to individuals with a larger body size, making his case even more perplexing.
"My own, I don't know where it is coming from, so that is how come it confuses the doctors; they don't know what is going on, and we know that Stiff Person Syndrome is very hard to diagnose," he said.
He expressed gratitude for the foreign doctor who helped diagnose his condition, saying, "The disease is very hard to diagnose, and I'm just grateful they found out what exactly is wrong with me."
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