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Amy Schumer
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Amy Schumer revealed on Friday that she was diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, a condition caused by excess cortisol. The news comes on the heels of Schumer’s response to fans’ comments that her face looked puffier than normal.
“I feel reborn,” she told Jessica Yellin in the journalist’s interview. News not noise Newsletter. The actress went on to explain: “There are some types of Cushing. Some that can be fatal, require brain surgery or removal of adrenal glands.”
Schumer said he was doing press for her. life and beth second season, the Hulu series she created and stars in, while undergoing extensive medical tests, “in MRI machines for four hours straight, with my veins closed by the amount of blood drawn and thinking that maybe I wouldn’t be present to see my son grow up.”
He said the tests finally revealed “the type of Cushing’s that will just go away on its own and I’m healthy,” and said the revelation “was the best news imaginable.” “It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for me and my family.”
According to him Mayo ClinicCushing syndrome occurs when the body “has too much of the hormone cortisol for a long time.” Symptoms include various types of weight gain, including on the face.
Although he derailed train The actress said online discussions about her appearance initially caused her more stress, but she admitted the comment was what ultimately pushed her to seek a diagnosis.
“Thank God for that,” he said. “Because that’s how I realized something was wrong. Just like when I realized he had given my son a name that didn’t sound so good. “The Internet is undefeated, as they say.”
Schumer and her husband, Chris Fischer, changed their son’s name to Gene David after the Internet pointed out that their original name combination, Gene Attell, sounded like “genital.”
Schumer first responded to comments about her swollen face following appearances on Tonight’s show starring Jimmy Fallon and The view earlier this month.
“Thank you so much for everyone’s comments about my face!” Schumer wrote on Instagram. “I have enjoyed feedback and deliberation about my appearance as all women do for almost 20 years. And you’re right, right now it’s more swollen than normal.”
In her opening statement, she added that she has endometriosis and that “there are some medical and hormonal things going on in my world right now, but I’m fine.”
Schumer went on to say that women’s bodies have historically been understudied and urged her fans to read All in your head by Elizabeth Comen for more information.