Why is Leonardo da Vinci sick and dead

Italian doctors could find the reason why Leonardo da Vinci was so sick that he was bedridden for the last few months of his life.

Leonardo da Vinci may suffer from frequent strokes , causing his motor function to decline significantly in the last two years of his life. The study, published in the June issue of The Lancet Neurology, is conducted by two Italian doctors. They examined historical documents to recreate da Vinci's health from 1517 until he died in 1519 at age 67.

"According to Louis d'Aragona's travel diary, written by Antonio de Beatis, da Vinci suffered paralysis when he was 65. However, the ancient document noted that da Vinci continued to paint, design and teach. ", Discovery News quoted Antonio Perciaccante at Gorizia Hospital.

The painting records the moment Leonardo Da Vinci died in the arms of King Francis I of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.Photo: (Wikimedia Commons).

Perciaccante and his colleague Alessia Coralli, who works in the surgery department at Civita Castellana hospital, said da Vinci had his right hand paralyzed but the condition did not affect his perception.

Still, da Vinci's health is declining, according to the 15th-century painter, architect and writer Giorgio Vasari. In the book "The Life of Painters" , Vasari said da Vinci was bedridden, unable to sit up without his servants and friends to help him. He was sick for months.

"Our hypothesis is that the first stroke leads to paralysis. Other stroke recurrences then ruin da Vinci's health and mobility ," Perciaccante said.

Da Vinci died in Amboise, France, on May 2, 1519, in the arms of King Francis I. Vasari, the cause of his death due to outbreaks. This term refers to the sudden or increased occurrence of symptoms of a disease that occurs regularly. Therefore, it is also a way to describe stroke, according to Perciaccante.

The group's recurrent stroke hypothesis is also based on medicine. Those who survived a stroke had a higher chance of relapse and every 1 in 5 patients had a relapse within 90 days after the first stroke.