Jeremy Clarkson has issued a health update – days after he opened up about his dementia fears.
The TV star, 63, discussed his health in his latest The Sunday Times column and revealed that he sometimes doesn’t “find the time” to move. However, when he does Jeremy confessed that he is often left “breathless” on walks with his son.
“When I hear that a man of my age should do 10,000 steps a day, I just think: ‘Right, and how on earth would I find the time to do that?’, he said. Jeremy then confessed that despite walking his dogs every day, he only manages to do a “maximum of 2,000 steps.”
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The former Top Gear presenter also revealed that he can’t keep up with his son Finlo, 26, with the pair often walking to Stamford Bridge. He explained: “When I go with my son to Stamford Bridge, he pootles along at what people call ‘walking pace’ and to keep up I have to unleash my inner Bannister.
“Which means that for the first half of the match I can’t concentrate on the football because I’m too busy coughing up my spleen and trying to get my breath back,” he added.
It comes after Jérémy revealed that he is afraid of getting dementia, as he continues to suffer with a long-term health problem. Former BBC presenter Clarkson, 63, shared the update on his health with his loyal fans.
He added that as he is beginning to age, he is starting to experience mobility problems. Jeremy confessed: “Most of my body doesn’t really work anymore.”
Clarkson, who is the star of The Grand Tour and Clarkson’s Farm, also said that his worst health problem is his hearing – an issue that has been prominent in his life for 12 years. During that time, he had been struggling to make it through, but said he was able to cope.
But after learning of the growing connection between hearing loss and dementia, Jeremy decided enough was enough and chose to take action to fight the disease. Writing in his column in The Times newspaper, Jeremy said: “I was told after my most recent medical that hearing loss will double the chance of me catching dementia.”
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“Maybe it’s already happening,” he continued. “That would explain why I can never find my spectacles.”
According to the NHS, if someone has mild hearing loss that has not been treated well, the risk of getting dementia doubles. Should a patient have moderate hearing loss, this risk increases to being three times as likely – and should the hearing loss be severe, a patient can be five times as likely to develop the condition.
Upon hearing about the link between the two conditions, the former Top Gear host sought medical help. When speaking to his GP, he was told he was worse at hearing specific words, including words such as “dishwasher”.
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