Bad boy's dream Ripley, England, may be coming to an end because of a terrible disease. He wanted to be the best guitarist in the world and eventually succeeded. In his years of consecration was known as "Slowhand" (slow hand) while playing for the band The Yardbirds. It did not last long for glory in 1966 with the band Cream and since that time became "God" the God of the guitar. Eric Clapton has had a successful musical career will end because peripheral neuropathy suffering, disease that threatens their physical mobility and of course, his musical career.
The disease afflicting the star of the guitar, depletes limb control and causes chronic pain due to nerve damage in the body. That is, evil occurs when one or more peripheral nerves in the body stop working partially or completely. The consequences can range from pain to loss of sensation in the limbs or certain muscles.
This disease can be hereditary. Although it is aggravated due to diabetes faced guitarist of 71 years and all the abuses and excesses that had heroin, cocaine and alcohol during their lifetime.
"I've had a lot of pain over the past year. It started as something minor, back, and became what is called peripheral neuropathy , "said the musician in an interview for the magazine Classic Rock." It 's hard to play guitar well, and I had to accept the fact that will not improve. "the artist and in 2013 canceled several concerts of his tour because of the pain he suffered in his back.
Clapton is declared surprised to be alive: "I do not know how I survived, especially in the seventies. For some reason, I was out of the mouth of hell and gave me another chance. "And it ensures that feels similar to the pain" electric shocks "about" electrical shock, which is a symptom of the disease that is accompanied by progressive loss of movement.
Eric Clapton was not the only musician who has suffered the disease. Keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson Lake and Palmer and Andy Fraser, bassist of the British band Free, also fought against this disease before dying.
