“Duck Dynasty” alum Phil Robertson has been recognized with Alzheimer’s illness, in line with his sons.

The household patriarch, 78, was additionally recognized with a blood illness, his sons revealed on the “Unashamed with the Robertson Household” podcast episode launched Friday.

“I believe I spoke on the one thousandth podcast, we have been making an attempt to determine the analysis, however in line with the docs, he has some kind of blood illness inflicting every kind of issues,” Jase Robertson stated.

Al Robertson added that Phil has had the blood illness for years, however that it has not too long ago accelerated.

“We’ve obtained a workforce of docs, after which we now have one other set of docs who’re all of the checks, they usually’re all in settlement that there’s no curing what he has,” Jase stated.

Jase added that Phil’s Alzheimer’s is in its early levels and that he nonetheless needs to contribute to the household podcast.

“I’m like, ‘Effectively Phil, you possibly can barely stroll round with out crying out in ache, and your reminiscence is just not what it as soon as was.’ He’s like, ‘Inform me about it.’ So he’s actually unable to — I believe he would agree — to only sit down and have a dialog,” Jase stated.

The household of hunters starred on “Duck Dynasty” from 2012 till 2017, beginning the Christian podcast “Unashamed” in 2018.