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Musiala can keep playing with epilepsy, specialist tells Brazilian report

The report describes an absence-seizure diagnosis and brings in a neurologist to explain treatment, sporting participation and stigma.

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0:27Felipe Toniolo examines questions about Musiala's performance following the diagnosis reported by the broadcaster.
1:30Match footage shows an episode the report describes as a seizure, with teammates offering support.
2:22Neurologist Julia Vescovi explains that absence seizures involve brief, sudden changes in awareness.
2:51Vescovi says epilepsy does not rule out elite sport and that diagnosis alone should not force retirement.
3:51The specialist discusses medication control, seizure assistance and the importance of confronting stigma.
5:00Toniolo cites support from footballer Kathellen, who also lives with epilepsy, according to the report.

An epilepsy diagnosis is not, by itself, a reason for Jamal Musiala to retire from football, neurologist and epileptologist Julia Vescovi says in a report by Brazil's SBT News.

The broadcaster reports that the Bayern Munich and Germany midfielder has been diagnosed with absence seizures. Its sports editor, Felipe Toniolo, examines questions about his performance and shows footage from a friendly match that the report describes as capturing a seizure, with teammates coming to Musiala's aid.

Vescovi explains that absence seizures involve brief, sudden changes in awareness. She says an epilepsy diagnosis does not rule out high-performance sport and argues that patients should maintain their routines rather than be pushed out of activities because of the diagnosis.

That is an important distinction within a segment titled "Jogador do Bayern, Jamal Musiala é diagnosticado com doença incurável | #JornaldoSBTNews", meaning "Bayern player Jamal Musiala diagnosed with incurable disease." While the headline emphasizes incurability, the medical interview focuses on control and continued participation.

Vescovi says around 70 percent of people diagnosed with epilepsy develop a form that is readily controlled. She also emphasizes knowing how to help during a seizure and challenging the stigma surrounding the condition.

The segment closes with support from Brazilian footballer Kathellen, whom Toniolo describes as having been diagnosed with epilepsy at eighteen. Her appearance brings the discussion back to an athlete's experience of living and playing with the condition.

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