Juan Carlos Unzué has revealed in a meeting of his closest friends and family that he has ALS.
“I just wanted to tell you that I have ALS. In my case, it is affecting my arms, hands, and legs in a symmetrical way. Today, it is a disease without treatment or cure, except for pills that help most patients slow the progression of the disease,” he said in a meeting room at Camp Nou.
Unzué said he had been diagnosed around a year ago. ALS, which stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig’s disease.