The Caspian Hare Posted April 29, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 29, 2017 Goya is considered the most important Spanish painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. But in the middle of his career, in 1793, he developed a severe illness that left him bedridden for months. He experienced headaches, dizziness, hallucinations, vision problems and ringing in his ears. Most of these symptoms eventually went away, but the illness left him deaf. He lived to be 82 years old. At the time he got sick, Goya's illness went undiagnosed, and since then, some experts have speculated that he had bacterial meningitis or syphilis, or had developed lead poisoning from working with paint. But in a new analysis, Dr. Ronna Hertzano, a surgeon and hearing expert at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said that Goya may have suffered from an autoimmune disease called Susac's syndrome. In this rare condition, a person's immune system attacks small blood vessels in the brain, retina and inner ear, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Symptoms can include severe headaches, difficulties thinking, psychiatric problems and loss of vision, balance and hearing. http://www.livescience.com/58890-goya-mystery-illness-diagnosis.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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