Influencer Lito Sousa Diagnosed With Rare Brain Disease
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Lito Sousa is an influencer from Brazil.
His wife says he has a rare disease.
The disease is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
This disease is very rare.
It has no treatment right now.
The disease attacks the brain.
It makes people lose control of their movements.
It can also cause dementia.
Dementia means a person cannot think or remember well.
Lito's wife cried when she talked about it.
She said her husband already lost some movement.
She shared the news in a video.
Many people are worried about Lito now.
Doctors say this disease is very serious.
There is no cure for it yet.
Vocabulary10 words
- influencer
- a person who is famous online and shares things with many people
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- a very rare and serious brain sickness
- treatment
- medicine or care to fix a sickness
- brain
- the body part inside your head that controls you
- dementia
- a sickness that makes it hard to think or remember
- diagnosis
- when a doctor says what sickness you have
- rare
- not common; very few people have it
- movement
- moving your body, like walking or using your hands
- degenerative
- getting worse over time
- cure
- something that stops a sickness completely
Quiz
Answer key
1. He has a rare disease 2. Loss of movement and dementia 3. No
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Lito Sousa is an _____ from Brazil.
His wife says he has a _____ disease.
The disease is called _____ disease.
This disease is very _____.
It has no _____ right now.
The disease attacks the _____.
It makes people lose control of their _____.
It can also cause _____.
Lito's wife _____ when she talked about it.
There is no _____ for it yet.