Brett Favre has Parkinson’s

Its extra weird when a professional athlete gets such a disease
 
A paper in JAMA Neuro this summer:

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Substantia Nigra Pathology, Contact Sports Play, Parkinsonism in CTE

This cross-sectional study examines the frequency of parkinsonism among patients with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and the association of neuropathologic substrates with parkinsonism in this population.
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Substantia Nigra Pathology, Contact Sports Play, and Parkinsonism in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Question What are the key clinical and neuropathologic measures associated with parkinsonism in individuals with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)?

Findings In this cross-sectional study of 481 brain donors with neuropathologically diagnosed CTE, parkinsonism was common (24.7%). Substantia nigra Lewy bodies, neurofibrillary tangles, dopaminergic neuronal loss, and age at death were significantly associated with parkinsonism.

Meaning The findings suggest that multiple abnormal protein accumulations and neuronal loss are associated with parkinsonism in individuals with CTE in an age-dependent manner.
 
I understand people that get hit in the head a lot getting Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. But still don't understand how others get them.
 
SnoopRob said:
Dang. That sucks.

I hope that treatment of the symptoms goes as well as possible for him and that he's able to retain a high standard of living for as long as possible.
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Yea, maybe he can take advantage of the welfare state.
www.msnbc.com

Brett Favre tells Congress he was real victim in welfare scandal, reveals Parkinson’s diagnosis

Favre, who got more than $1 million in welfare funds and allegedly funneled millions more to favored projects, was invited by Republicans to testify on misuse of welfare.
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I lived in southern MS for 5 years, not far from where Brett is from. You’d think he’d be a local legend, but he’s not really talked about much. The people I knew who either knew him, or crossed paths with him, said he was an asshole.
 
RockyMtnHoo said:
I lived in southern MS for 5 years, not far from where Brett is from. You’d think he’d be a local legend, but he’s not really talked about much. The people I knew who either knew him, or crossed paths with him, said he was an asshole.
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Kind of surprising but I totally believe it. It's a small town so they would know what kind of guy he is.
 
haroldminer said:
He could have stopped playing at any time. He chose to play football for 30 years of his life. Time to pay up for bad life decisions.
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Certainly one way of looking at it. Sounds pretty heartless to me. How do you feel about those coal miners with their black lung?
 
gtyellowjacket said:
Certainly one way of looking at it. Sounds pretty heartless to me. How do you feel about those coal miners with their black lung?
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Just how do you equate a multi-millionaire (or a guy who should be a multi-millionaire) with coal miners? Coal mining was the only “good” paying job for poorly educated, low-skilled in much of “coal country.”
 
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