{"id":85152,"date":"2023-11-27T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/?p=85152"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:00:15","slug":"the-grand-tours-jeremy-clarkson-shares-dementia-fears-as-he-admits-my-body-doesnt-really-work-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/celebrities\/the-grand-tours-jeremy-clarkson-shares-dementia-fears-as-he-admits-my-body-doesnt-really-work-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"The Grand Tour’s Jeremy Clarkson shares dementia fears as he admits ‘my body doesn’t really work anymore’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremy Clarkson has opened up about his dementia fears, sharing a health update that "most of my body doesn't really work anymore."<\/p>\n

The 63-year-old revealed that he has been dealing with hearing issues for 12 years now, prompting him to worry about his future health.<\/p>\n

After discovering a link between hearing loss and dementia, the Clarkson's Farm star revealed that he has decided to take action.<\/p>\n

Writing in his new column for The Times: \u201cThis has been going on for 12 years and, being a tolerant sort of guy, I've coped. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut I was told after my most recent medical that hearing loss will double the chance of me catching dementia. Maybe it's already happening. That would explain why I can never find my spectacles.\u201d<\/p>\n


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After learning about the connection, the Top Gear star decided to seek medical advice and was told that his hearing is worse for certain words. <\/p>\n

He joked that, unluckily for his girlfriend Lisa Hogan, \u201cdishwasher\u201d is one of them.<\/p>\n

The NHS states that the risk of getting dementia almost doubles if you have untreated mild hearing loss.<\/p>\n

The risk of developing the disease also triples if you have untreated hearing loss, with you then five times more likely to develop dementia. <\/p>\n

The health service says it is not fully known why there is a link between dementia and hearing loss but that wearing hearing aids sooner could help reduce the risk.<\/p>\n

Jeremy explained that his brain is having to \u2018use a huge amount of computing power\u2019 trying to fill in the gaps in sentences due to him not hearing certain words. <\/p>\n


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He added: \u201cThat's why, sometimes, when I'm asked to get some coal from the bunker, what I hear is: \u2018Would you like some more wine?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The TV presenter has now got himself a pair of \u201csnazzy\u201d hearing aids to help him with the health issue.<\/p>\n

It comes as Jeremy previously shared a concerning health update this year as a doctor warned he could suffer an \u201cagonising and premature death\u201d if he doesn\u2019t quit chewing nicotine gum. <\/p>\n

The Grand Tour host had developed the habit in a bid to quit smoking but was told using the nicotine gum can have a negative effect. <\/p>\n

He told The Sun: \u201cSix years ago I bit the bullet and replaced my 40-a-day habit with sheet after sheet of full-strength nicotine gum. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd this week a doctor said it\u2019s causing a worrying rise in my blood pressure and that if I don\u2019t pack it in soon, I will suffer from an agonising and premature death.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n