The world found out about the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis of Selma Blair almost seven years ago, but autoimmune disease has tormented it for most of its life.
The actress “cruel intent”, who is now 52, can trace the early symptoms in her childhood, but claims that doctors brushed red flags for decades.
“It was difficult for me to get a magnetic resonancement,” Blair said last week during a panel of the Second Annual Health Laboratory of Women, which he hosted in collaboration with the Institute of Health of Health of Northwell Health.
At the age of 7, Blair lost control of the bladder and the use of the right and left leg, but after discarding cancer, doctors and family was marked by a care applicant.
What they missed: Youth MS, a weakening disease that affects the central nervous system by altering the flow of information inside the brain and between the brain and body.
“If you are a boy with these symptoms, you have a magnetic resonance.
As a child, the actress “Hellboy” would wake up to laugh uncontrollably in the middle of the night.
Decades later, these laughter gave way to sudden and uncontrollable spells.
“I just thought he was a very emotional person,” Blair said. In fact, Ms. had damaged its frontal lobe, as a brain injury.
They would spend 40 more years until they received the diagnosis.
)[I was] Excited, “Blair told People earlier this month.
“I felt people thought it had to be a tragic thing, but I was like,” No, you don’t understand, “he said.” Before I felt tragic. “
Blair, who shares the 13 -year -old son, Arthur with former Jason Bleick, said he often wondered what was “wrong” with her before diagnosis.
“I just did not understand how it was so different from the people, but still, completely well,” he told the starting. “I finally felt seen.”
According to the National MS Society, almost 1 million Americans have been diagnosed. The disease can affect anyone, including children.
You may be at a higher risk if you are women, between 20 and 40 years old and north descendants -European, by the Cleveland Clinic.
Doctors do not know exactly what EM causes, but research suggests that factors such as smoking, childhood obesity, low levels of vitamin D and genetics could be possible.
Exposure to toxins such as second-hand smoke and pesticides, as well as viruses such as Epstein-Barr or Mono, can also increase the risk.
The EM’s early alert signs include blurred vision, muscle weakness, and numbness.
As the disease progresses, symptoms can range from fatigue and dizziness to problems with balance, bladder control, mood changes, muscle rigidity and cognitive problems such as memory and concentration problems.
Many patients with periods of remission where the signs of the disease fade. Although there is no care, treatments can help manage symptoms and reduce flames.
Last year, Blair revealed that he suffered a significant relapse after a stem cell transplant, but is now remission thanks to a new supplier.
His doctor, the first woman to have ever been treated, adopted a holistic approach, including -the factorization of the early menopause actresses.
“It really changed my life completely,” Blair told the women’s health laboratory group. “We found a way to manage my em and I’m doing very well right now.”
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