Comedian Amy Schumer has revealed she has been diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, a week after she addressed critics who criticized her “puffy” appearance.
The condition, which was reportedly caused by Schumer’s high-dose steroid injections, is a condition caused by the chronic presence of too much cortisol in the body.
According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms of Cushing’s syndrome include weight gain in the face and body, high blood pressure, bone loss, fragile skin and fatty bumps between the shoulders. In some cases, it may even lead to type 2 diabetes.
While Cushing’s syndrome can sometimes be fatal, requiring brain surgery or the removal of an adrenal gland, in Schumer’s case, fortunately, the condition is “a form of Cushing’s syndrome that resolves on its own.”
The 43-year-old Emmy winner announced her diagnosis Friday in reporter Jessica Yellin’s News Not Noise newsletter, adding that if it weren’t for online trolls spreading the word When the second season of her Hulu show “Life & Beth” attacked her “puffy” face, she had no idea what was wrong.
“I feel like I have my life back,” Schumer told Yellin after learning of his condition. “While I was doing press for my Hulu show, I was also in the MRI machine for four hours at a time, my veins shut down from the amount of blood being pumped, and I thought I might not get to see my son grow. Big. So finding out that my Cushing’s disease is going to resolve on its own and that I’m healthy is the best news imaginable.”
While being on camera and “letting the internet chime in” during her health crisis was far from ideal, Schumer is grateful now.
“Thank God for that,” she added. “Because that’s where I realized something wasn’t right.”
She joked that the situation was similar to when she realized she was “named [her] “Things don’t sound good with my son” – a reference to changing her son Gene’s middle name from Arter to David when he was 11 months old. Schumer previously revealed that it was the internet that sparked concerns about her and Attention is paid to the fact that husband Chris Fisher “accidentally”.[ally] named [their] Son ‘genital’. “
It was the Internet’s peanut gallery that also prompted Schumer to share her Cushing’s syndrome diagnosis “to advocate for women’s health,” she told Yellin.
“I have long dealt with and witnessed the shaming and criticism of our ever-changing bodies,” Schumer said. “I desperately want women to be able to love themselves and fight for their health in a system that often doesn’t believe them. Be persistent.”
She urged people to “be kind to each other and ourselves” because “we never know what’s going to happen to someone.”