After Experiencing Afasia, Bruce Willis Diagnosed By Alami Demensia Fronttemporal

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JAKARTA - Actor Bruce Willis was diagnosed with front-temporal dementia, according to his family's announcement broadcast on the Association for Fronttemporal Degeneration (AFTD) website on Thursday, February 16 local time.

The news came after the 67-year-old was diagnosed with alphasia in March last year. This condition made the family decide to have Willis retire from acting.

"Since we announced Bruce's anfacial diagnosis in the spring of 2022, Bruce's condition has now changed and he was diagnosed with a more specific: fronttemporal dementia (known as FTD)," the Willis family said.

The same statement was also shared by Rumer Willis, the actor's first daughter, via her Instagram account on Friday, February 17.

AFTD, a nonprofit organization from the United States that supports FTD sufferers, said that FTD conditions are more likely to affect the personality, behavior, language, and movement of sufferers. This happens because this type of dementia occurs in the brain of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.

Quoted from ANTARA, this type of dementia is usually experienced by patients under 60 years of age, but does not rule out patients over 60 years of age or more. According to AFTD, this type of dementia does not yet have treatment, with the expectation of living from 7 to 13 years.

"Currently there is no treatment for the disease, a reality we hope can change in the years to come," the Willis family said in a statement.

Willis is known for his role as John target in the "Die Hard" franchise (19882013). Willis' role in other most famous films includes as a child psychologist whose patients can talk to the dead in the film The Sixth Sense (1999). He has also won various awards including the Golden Globe and Emmy Awards.