{"id":69017,"date":"2023-11-28T18:25:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=69017"},"modified":"2023-11-28T18:25:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:25:52","slug":"jeremy-clarkson-flooded-with-support-as-he-shares-rare-health-update-about-his-double-risk-of-dementia-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/tv-movies\/jeremy-clarkson-flooded-with-support-as-he-shares-rare-health-update-about-his-double-risk-of-dementia-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Clarkson flooded with support as he shares rare health update about his 'double risk of dementia' | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE Grand Tour star Jeremy Clarkson recently gave fans a health update – including the potential 'double risk of dementia'.<\/p>\n
The host of Clarkson\u2019s Farm opened up about his health concerns and shared that 'most of his body' is starting to fail him.<\/p>\n
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Jeremy, 63, has decided to open up in his column for The Times titled Age Even Makes Going for a Walk Complicated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the piece, he explained his struggles with his balance and other medical issues, such as suffering from a sore back and his hearing, which is the biggest problem he is battling with as it leads to a concern that he will develop dementia.<\/p>\n
The TV star explained: "The worst problem I have, though, is with my ears.<\/p>\n
"This has been going on for 12 years, and, being a tolerant sort of guy, I\u2019ve coped. But I was told after my most recent medical that hearing loss will double the chance of me catching dementia.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jeremy revealed that his risk of dementia is above average due to his brain working harder than most to decipher sounds.<\/p>\n He also disclosed what the doctors told him: "My brain is having to use a huge amount of computing power trying to fill in the bits of speech it hasn\u2019t been able to hear."<\/p>\n According to the NHS, a person with severe untreated hearing loss is five times more likely to develop dementia, while a person with moderate hearing loss is three times more likely to get the illness.<\/p>\n The car expert also penned out how he has tried to tackle the issue and reduce his chances of catching dementia.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Jeremy said: "I will be using hearing aids. They\u2019re very snazzy and extremely clever."<\/p>\n Jeremy was flooded with support in the comments section of the article, with one fan writing: "So brave of you to talk about this – so few people are aware of the correlation between hearing and dementia."<\/p>\n A second echoed: "You're a total trooper – I had no idea about the risks of letting bad hearing go untreated."<\/p>\n While a third chimed in: "I'm in the same boat – all we can do is persevere!"<\/p>\n The former Top Gear host has been looking after his fitness, too, hiring a personal trainer last May.\u00a0<\/p>\n Discussing that moment, Jeremy wrote:\u00a0 "None of the shirts in my wardrobe fit any longer [and] I can barely do up my shoelaces.\u201d<\/p>\n He even joked: "I've been going for walks every day, but while some of them are seven or eight miles long, I'm not sure they're doing much good.<\/p>\n "The problem is that I pootle along extremely slowly, and when I get tired, I slow down even more."<\/p>\n The presenter disclosed in the column that the PT might not have been the best personal choice for him as he penned: "People who do this sort of thing for fun say that if you really push your body, you are rewarded with a euphoric high that's better than any drug.<\/p>\n He added: "I just felt terribly weary,"\u00a0<\/p>\n "And I neither looked nor felt any better than I had done when the session started."<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Jeremy also shared that his decades-old smoking habit had seen his GP warn him to \u2018quit immediately\u2019 over fears of an \u2018agonising premature death\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/picture>LAST LAP <\/span><\/p>\n
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