Amy Schumer says criticism over her ‘puffy’ face led to Cushing syndrome diagnosis

Amy Schumer Opens Up About Recent Health Diagnosis After Social Media Users He asked why his face looked “more swollen.” during a promotional tour for “Life & Beth.”

The comedian and actress revealed that she suffers from Cushing’s syndrome, a condition caused by having too much of the hormone cortisol in the body for a long time, according to the mayo clinic.

Symptoms include a rounded face, a lump of fat between the shoulders, and pink or purple stretch marks on the skin. It can also cause high blood pressure, bone loss, and type 2 diabetes, according to the Mayo Clinic.

“While doing on-camera press for my Hulu show, I was also in MRI machines for four hours straight, with my veins closed from the amount of blood drawn and thinking that I might not be around to see my son grow. ” Schumer said in Friday’s edition of Jessica Yellin’s News, Not Noise Newsletter.

“So finding out that I have the type of Cushing’s that will just clear up on its own and that I’m healthy was the best news imaginable,” she continued.

Schumer, who has spoken openly about her endometriosis in the past, told Yellin that criticism about her appearance while promoting the new season of her Hulu show helped her realize “something was wrong.”

in a Instagram post from February 15 Addressing the criticism, Schumer told fans there were “some medical and hormonal things going on in my world right now, but I’m fine.”

“It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for me and my family,” the comedian told Yellin. “‘Aside from fears about my health, I also had to be on camera for the Internet to intervene. But thank God for that. Because that’s how I realized something was wrong… The Internet is undefeated, like they say.”

Treatment for Cushing syndrome focuses on reducing the amount of cortisol in the body and may include surgery, radiation therapy, and medications, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Schumer said she wanted to share her diagnosis publicly because she wants to “advocate for women’s health.”

“I really want women to love themselves and be relentless when fighting for their own health in a system that typically doesn’t believe them,” she said.