Amy Schumer reveals she has Cushing syndrome

Comedian and actor Amy Schumer is sharing extra a couple of present well being problem she’s coping with.

After Schumer was a visitor earlier this month on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the place she mentioned the second season of her Hulu hit Life & Beth, some on social media critically commented that her look had modified. Schumer responded to the feedback in a scathing Instagram put up by explaining there have been some “medical and hormonal things going on in my world right now but I’m okay.”

In an interview printed Friday on Jessica Yellen’s News Not Noise publication, Schumer revealed she has exogenous Cushing syndrome, introduced on by getting steroid injections that resulted in extra cortisol in her physique. According to the Mayo Clinic, the situation can result in weight acquire, fatigue, “moon face,” complications and different signs.

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Schumer stated she felt “reborn” studying her prognosis, following an unsure collection of assessments to find out what was happening.

“While I was doing press on camera for my Hulu show, I was also in MRI machines four hours at a time, having my veins shut down from the amount of blood drawn and thinking I may not be around to see my son grow up,” Schumer recalled. “So finding out I have the kind of Cushing that will just work itself out and I’m healthy was the greatest news imaginable. It has been a crazy couple weeks for me and my family.”

Schumer stated she felt motivated to share her prognosis to advocate for girls’s well being and physique positivity.

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“The shaming and criticism of our ever-changing bodies is something I have dealt with and witnessed for a long time,” Schumer defined. “I want so much for women to love themselves and be relentless when fighting for their own health in a system that usually doesn’t believe them.”

Schumer concluded her dialog by encouraging others to be kinder with their phrases.

“This is a good example of the fact that we never know what is going on with someone,” she stated. “Everyone is struggling with something. Maybe we can all be a little kinder to each other and ourselves.”

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