

TV star Eric Dane is going through a tough present after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or also known as ALS.
In some patients, his ALS diagnosis may be related to past substance abuse in some cases. “There is an association between alcohol and drug abuse and ALS – anything that causes nerve damage, as addictions do, can lead to a host of serious health problems, such as ALS,” longevity expert Dr. Gabe Mirkin told RaarOnline.com.
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Although he has not treated Dane, he was consulted about the Euphoria actor’s case and Mirkin confessed, “In Eric Dane’s case, I’m sure the doctors can’t definitively determine his past with his ALS, but the message is always that you’re playing with fire when it comes to your long-term health by abusing drugs and alcohol.“
The truth is that the Grey’s Anatomy “Dr. Mark Sloan” performer had to spend a stint in rehab in 2011 due to his addiction to painkillers and alcohol. During his time of stardom from 2005 to 2012, he confessed that it was also the highest of his addiction:
I was f***ed up longer than I was sober.
Despite his past, a source close to the actor shared to RadarOnline.com that he remains positive, eager to keep working and has the support of his daughters Billie and Georgia and wife Rebecca Gayheart, with whom he recently reconciled. “He knows he can’t change his past, and is just dealing with it now. He hopes that with medication and therapy, he’ll still have years of quality time with his girls.”
Dane’s two biggest series
The actor plays Cal Jacobs, the father of lead characters Nate (Jacob Elordi) and Aaron Jacobs (Zak Steiner), on HBO’s Euphoria series.
On the other hand, in Grey’s Anatomy, he gave life to plastic surgeon Mark Sloan. However, but due to his addition problems, he had to leave the series after the end of the eighth season.
What is ALS?
It is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neurons responsible for controlling the voluntary muscles that allow us to walk, talk, swallow and even breathe.
It is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, since it took the life of the Hall of Fame baseball legend in 1941.
Unfortunately, no cure has yet been found for this disease and patients have a life expectancy of three to five years after diagnosis, although some have lived as long as a decade.
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