Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: Maguila dies at age 66 from an illness ’caused’ by his career; understand the cause of death

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: Maguila dies at age 66 from an illness ’caused’ by his career; understand the cause of death


The iconic former boxer Maguila died this Thursday (24 years old), aged 66. In 2013, he was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, an incurable disease also known as dementia pugilistica and Boxer syndrome.




Iconic fighter José Adilson Rodrigues dos Santos has died known as Maguila! The news was confirmed this Thursday (24), by Irani Pinheirowife of the former boxer, who has established himself as one of Brazil’s greatest boxers/punchers in recent decades.

In an interview with Record TV, Irani revealed that the former boxer, 66, had been hospitalized for 28 days, just days after discovering a nodule in the lung. A decade ago, Maguila was diagnosed Boxing dementiaalso known as Boxer syndrome OR Chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

“He was hospitalized for 28 days and we tried not to talk to the press, because I tried to take care of my family. It’s everyone’s time. Maguila had been suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy for 18 years… 30 days ago , a nodule was discovered in his lung, he felt severe pain in his abdomen, two liters of water were removed from his lung, we could not do the biopsy,” his wife said.

Despite confirmation of the iconic fighter’s death, the precise cause has not yet been revealed. THE Pure people continues to investigate the facts surrounding Maguila’s wake and burial information.

What is chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a disease that affected Maguila?

According to the “MSD Manual” website, chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a newer clinical term for dementia pugilistica and is popularly known as Boxer syndrome. The disease had affected Maguila since 2013, when he was diagnosed. In 2014 he was hospitalized…

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