Former professional footballer Dean Windass has been diagnosed with stage two dementia, a condition that causes mild cognitive decline and memory lapses.
Former footballer Dean Windass has been diagnosed with stage two dementia. He played a pivotal role in Hull City 's promotion to the Premier League in 2008. LISTEN toDean Windass has revealed that he was diagnosed with Stage Two dementia at the age of 54.
'The conversation I had was that there was nothing to worry about at this stage but the scan has come back as mild grade two dementia. Immediately, I was like 'oh f***, what does that mean?' Windass, who scored his last Premier League goal at the age of 39, officially announced his retirement from the game on 19 October 2009 and has been diagnosed within 15 years of hanging up.
They will propose an amendment to the Football Governance Bill in the spring which would effectively force the game's authorities to fund care home costs for footballers, who are more than 3.5 times likely to die from a neurodegenerative disease than the general public. At the Manchester launch a video of support from David Beckham was shown.
Windass is in no doubt at what triggered his diagnosis. 'I've been heading footballs for a job,' he said. 'Not in the games but in training. Crossing and finishing drills. They asked me how many times I'd headed the ball in 20 years. Bloody hell! Thousands and thousands of times. If I get any worse then hopefully I will be looked after.'
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