{"id":1850247,"date":"2023-02-16T18:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T23:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1850247"},"modified":"2023-02-16T18:22:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T23:22:36","slug":"american-mans-prostate-cancer-may-have-caused-him-to-suddenly-develop-an-irish-accent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-mans-prostate-cancer-may-have-caused-him-to-suddenly-develop-an-irish-accent\/","title":{"rendered":"American Man\u2019s Prostate Cancer May Have Caused Him To Suddenly Develop An Irish Accent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-mans-prostate-cancer-may-have-caused-him-to-suddenly-develop-an-irish-accent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1850247&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>A prostate treatment for an American man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/cancer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cancer<\/a> His disease may have caused him to suddenly develop an Irish accent.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report in BMJ Case Reports medical journal, the unnamed patient was being treated at Duke University Medical Center for prostate cancer. His treatment was interrupted by a sudden onset of Irish brogue. He had never been to Ireland and did not have any family in Ireland. He was diagnosed with foreign accent syndrome by researchers, which may have been caused by an immune system response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA man in his 50s with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, receiving androgen deprivation therapy and abiraterone acetate\/prednisone, presented with an uncontrollable \u2018Irish brogue\u2019 accent despite no Irish background, consistent with foreign accent syndrome (FAS),\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/casereports.bmj.com\/content\/16\/1\/e251655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BMJ Case Reports<\/a> noted. \u201cHe had no neurological examination abnormalities, psychiatric history or MRI of the brain abnormalities at symptom onset. Imaging revealed progression of his prostate cancer, despite undetectable prostate-specific antigen levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foreign accent syndrome, a rare condition that causes patients to suddenly have speech patterns not consistent with their native accents, is very rare. It is most commonly caused by strokes. However, it can also occur due to head trauma or migraines. The majority of cases will resolve with intensive speech therapy. In some cases, however, the change may be permanent. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/feb\/16\/us-cancer-patient-develops-uncontrollable-irish-accent-doctors-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis accent was uncontrollable, present in all settings and gradually became persistent,\u201d The BMJ report stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian reported that he was a man who lived in England during his 20s and had relatives and close friends who were Irish. He had never been to Ireland, nor spoken Irish in any previous situations. According to the outlet, he kept the accent throughout his treatment of around 20 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo our knowledge, this is the first case of FAS described in a patient with prostate cancer and the third described in a patient with malignancy,\u201d According to the report.<\/p>\n<p>One of the authors of the paper, Dr. Andrew Armstrong of Duke Medical Center\u2019s Divisions of Medical Oncology and Urology, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/south-carolina-man-develops-thick-irish-accent-mysterious-syndrome-1780497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> that because this phenomenon is so new, it is hard to find a cause for the patient\u2019s FAS. \u201cWe don\u2019t have a \u2018smoking gun\u2019 explanation in this case,\u201d Armstrong stated. \u201cOther possibilities are psychological, although he did not have major issues with anxiety or depression and actually was fairly amused by this FAS development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is possible that this had a physical cause in his language center,\u201d Armstrong also added. \u201cFAS can take many accent forms in different patients, and I assume prior knowledge of an accent is common. This is my first case personally. It is quite rare to see in oncology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The patient was diagnosed as small cell neuroendocrine prostatic cancer (NEPC), a deadly form of cancer that attacks the nervous system and endocrine system. According to the report, foreign accent syndrome is a new condition. \u201cpresenting manifestation\u201d NEPC. The presentation FAS was consistent in its underlying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/diseases-conditions\/paraneoplastic-syndromes\/symptoms-causes\/syc-20355687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paraneoplastic neurological disorder<\/a> (PND) An immune system reaction to cancerous tumors. The cancer-fighting agent may also attack the brain or nervous systems.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the man\u2019s condition only worsened. \u201cDespite chemotherapy, his NEPC progressed resulting in multifocal brain metastases and a likely paraneoplastic ascending paralysis leading to his death,\u201d According to the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American man being treated for prostate cancer suddenly developed an Irish accent, possibly because of his disease. According to an article in the medical journal BMJ Case Reports, the unnamed man was being treated for prostate cancer at Duke University Medical Center. 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