The civil rights chief stays hospitalized in Chicago as docs monitor the civil rights chief’s situation following a confirmed prognosis of progressive supranuclear palsy.

Jesse Jackson was hospitalized in Chicago this week for commentary associated to progressive supranuclear palsy, a uncommon neurological situation he’s been battling for greater than a decade, and is reportedly on a type of life help to stabilize his blood stress

CBS News Chicago has additionally realized that family and friends are flying into Chicago from across the nation to be by Jackson’s aspect.

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition confirmed Wednesday (November 11) that the 84-year-old civil rights chief was admitted for monitoring after docs formally identified him with PSP in April. That prognosis got here after years of remedy for what was initially believed to be Parkinson’s illness.

“He was originally diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease; however, last April, his PSP condition was confirmed,” the group stated in a press release. “The family appreciates all prayers at this time.”

Progressive supranuclear palsy is a degenerative mind dysfunction that impacts stability, mobility, eye motion and swallowing. According to the Mayo Clinic, signs worsen over time and may result in life-threatening problems akin to aspiration pneumonia.

The sickness sometimes impacts folks over 60 and may resemble Parkinson’s illness in its early phases, which regularly results in misdiagnosis. While there is no such thing as a remedy, remedies like bodily remedy, antidepressants, Botox injections and Parkinson’s drugs could assist ease signs.

Jackson first disclosed his well being points in 2017, sharing that his household had observed adjustments in his well being as early as 2014. He additionally revealed that his father had suffered from the identical situation.

A towering determine in American civil rights historical past, Jackson started his activism within the Nineteen Sixties alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later launched two bids for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988. In 2000, then-president Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his many years of service to social justice.

Jackson based the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984, which merged with Operation PUSH in 1996 to kind the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Despite his well being setbacks, he has remained lively in public life and continued his advocacy work properly into his 80s.

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