NFL legend Brett Favre details symptoms he noticed before Parkinson's diagnosis

Brett Favre revealed connected Tuesday that helium was diagnosed with Parkinson’s illness arsenic helium testified connected Capitol Hill astir payment reform.

Favre had really talked astir his wellness conflict with TMZ Sports successful August. The outlet said Wednesday it was asked not to divulge accusation but received support this week to people its interrogation with the Pro Football Hall of Famer.

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Packers backmost Brett Favre looks to propulsion the shot aft tripping during the Chicago Bears game, Sept. 10, 2006, astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Mark Hoffman/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

The Super Bowl champion backmost elaborate meetings helium had with doctors.

"I saw 5 specialists. They each said, archetypal of all, it doesn’t substance wherever you got it," Favre said. "You got it. It ain’t going away. But, if you wanna know, they each said the aforesaid thing. If it’s not successful your family, and there’s nary connected either broadside of my family, past the archetypal happening we look astatine his caput trauma. Well, hell, I wrote the publication connected head trauma."

Favre said helium was diagnosed successful January and astatine that constituent helium had insignificant symptoms. He said 1 doc asked him wherefore helium decided to get checked out.

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Packers backmost Brett Favre calls signals during the crippled against the Carolina Panthers astatine Lambeau Field successful Green Bay connected Nov. 18, 2007. (Jeff Hanisch-USA Today Sports)

"I had 2 symptoms and they went connected for astir a twelvemonth – I would see to beryllium minor. I would beryllium doing thing and my close arm, I would notice, would conscionable beryllium stuck. I was like, ‘What, that’s weird.’ I would enactment my limb down and spell astir my way. When I would hide astir it, it would beryllium close backmost there. That went connected for a year.

"Not agelong aft I archetypal noticed the arm, I’m right-handed, the spot successful some hands and arms are fine, but I’m right-handed, and I got a screwdriver, and you would think, right-handed, I could screw thing in. Well, I would yet person to get my near manus connected to usher it.

"But really, the weirdest 1 was like, a agelong sleeve garment oregon jacket. I would spell enactment my close limb successful it and I couldn’t get it done the spread for nothing. I felt my arm. The spot was there. But I could not usher it and it was the astir frustrating thing."

After breaking the NFL grounds for vocation touchdown passes, Green Bay Packers backmost Brett Favre hoists its recipient, Greg Jennings, during the Minnesota Vikings game, Sept. 30, 2007, astatine the Metrodome successful Minneapolis. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA Today Network)

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He said yet helium conscionable went to get checked retired and was diagnosed with the disease.

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