The last time actress Amy Schumer could be seen was last Monday, going to the set where she is filming her new movie for Netflix, A Little Pregnant. A title that could not be better suited to define what she is currently experiencing, since a few days ago she confessed to her followers that she suffers from Cushing’s syndrome, a disorder that can alter the functioning of the body as a result of elevated cortisol indices.
The actress confessed her illness after her detractors criticized her appearance ad nauseum, pointing out that for some time now her face looks “rounder” or that she has not lost weight. The protagonist of Life
He did so in his friend Jessica Yellin’s weekly newsletter, News Not Noise, where he revealed that he had been “reborn” after finally obtaining a diagnosis that explained all his symptoms and what he was suffering from. The actress had been dealing with medical problems for a long time, and finding out what they were due to was “the best news you could imagine.”
“In addition to being afraid for my health, I had to be in front of the cameras and with the Internet giving its opinion,” answered the actress, who wanted to draw attention to her reality: “This diagnosis is a good example of the fact that we never know what “It’s what’s happening with someone. We all suffer with something. Maybe we should be a little kinder to others and to ourselves.”
The comedic actress revealed that her form of Cushing’s “will resolve itself.” There are different variables of this disorder, with some that can be fatal and others that require surgical intervention.
Cushing syndrome, named after American neurosurgeon Harvey Cushing, causes the body to produce more cortisol than normal. It tends to occur especially in people who take steroid medications for a long time (due to their additional and synthetic doses of cortisol), but also in patients whose own body produces high amounts of the hormone.
In this case, it is usually due to the presence of a tumor in the pituitary gland of the brain or in one of the adrenal glands.
Some of the signs in the body related to this disorder are increased fat in the chest and stomach, while the extremities remain thin. Also the face becomes inflamed and red easily.
This disorder is usually benign, but if left untreated, it tends to worsen and cause death in the worst cases, since excess cortisol can damage fundamental elements for the body’s functioning.
As it is a rare and very rare disease, its diagnosis is usually late.
