Whether we’re a star or not, we’ve all had a bad flu one day that kept us bedridden for a whole week with a fever, snot on our nose and the desire to end our lives. . And yet, it was nothing compared to what people with serious and rare diseases go through every day. Like the kings who were affected by rare diseases, certain stars that we all know are also victims. And thanks to their fame, they were able to highlight these diseases that no one knows about, but from which many anonymous people suffer. For that, we say a big thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Bruce Willis suffers from frontotemporal dementia
This is the revelation people of the beginning of the year 2023: the family of the actor of Die Hard announced that Bruce Willis finally had frontotemporal dementia after being diagnosed with aphasia in 2022. If aphasia is a loss of emotions, desires and motivation, FTD is an incurable disease of the brain, related to Alzheimer’s, which is characterized by the progressive death of neurons in the frontal and temporal part. The main symptoms are language disorders, the development of obsessions and a change in eating and social behavior… In short, a big mess if you ask me.
Celine Dion has the stiff person symptom
Poor Céline who is a victim of this disease affecting one person in a million. The Stiff-Person symptom is a neurological condition that causes very painful muscle spasms and stiffness in the muscles of the trunk and abdomen, which can spread throughout the body. These symptoms can be very disabling because they can cause difficulty in walking and using certain muscles, as for Celine Dion who cannot, for example, use her vocal cords as she would like. And that makes me very sad because I would give a lot to hear him sing The Pagan Prayer once again.
Selena Gomez has to live with lupus
Selena is a queen. Here, I say it because quite simply, she deserves to be bowed out to her a thousand times. The singer is indeed one of those sick and militant stars to whom we want to say a big thank you: suffering from bipolarity, but also from lupus, she uses her popularity to speak without taboo about these diseases. And believe me, the poor thing is crippled herself just by her lupus, that autoimmune disease that attacks healthy cells in the body, causing skin, heart, or joint problems. This disease led her to undergo chemotherapy in 2015 and a kidney transplant in 2017. Currently under treatment, Selena Gomez has also been harassed about her weight gain linked to taking medication…
Édouard Philippe suffers from alopecia
Just like Jada Pinkett Smith, the wife of Will Smith, our good Édouard Philippe is a victim of alopecia (the fact of lacking hair and hair in certain places), a symptom which would come from an autoimmune disease: alopecia areata . In the case of our former Prime Minister, his body produced antibodies which attacked the cells of his hair system, causing him to lose his hair, his eyebrows, his mustache and gradually his beard. If alopecia areata and alopecia are not serious, it can be disabling for some people who are easily harassed about it. Humans are raceless, yes.
Venus Williams suffers from Gougerot-Sjögren syndrome
Yes, you wouldn’t believe it, seeing her incredible stats as a world tennis player, but Venus William is the victim of an autoimmune disease which causes her severe pain in her joints, as well as swelling, numbness, dryness, heavy coughing and more generally, fatigue. We are all the more admiring of her performance as she has to deal with this disease on a daily basis. Low peak (it’s like low hat, but for racquet pros).
Gigi Hadid has Hashimoto’s disease
Like Zoe Saldana, model and Bella Hadid’s sister, Gigi, suffers from Hashimoto’s disease, which causes chronic autoimmune inflammation of the thyroid. Like that, it may not mean anything to you, but this disease often causes hypothyroidism (a drop in hormones produced by the thyroid) which leads to weight gain, generalized fatigue, a lot of hormonal imbalances, hair loss, transit problems, dryness and depressive symptoms. Not madness, as you can see.
Sia lives with chewing gum disease
That name is way too cute for the filth that is this disease. Sia is indeed a victim of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a disease that affects certain tissues responsible for binding and supporting the body such as skin, ligaments, and even vital organs, making them super elastic. Result, the overflow of collagen causes significant pain in the joints, healing problems and frequent bruising. And as you can imagine, the disease also has repercussions on mental health since the pain is very “demoralizing” as the singer said on Twitter.
Lady Gaga has fybromalgia
Believe me that between Lady Gaga and her illness, it’s a real “Bad Romance”. The singer is indeed suffering from fibromyalgia, a chronic disease that causes significant pain in the bones and muscles of the whole body and a great sensitivity to pressure. These symptoms cause, among other things, great fatigue, sleep disturbances, the inability to carry out certain daily tasks, and memory problems. And obviously, there is currently no cure for this disease, only analgesics that can reduce pain.
Missy Eliott suffers from Graves’ disease
This autoimmune disease, also called Graves’ disease, also affects the thyroid. But unlike Hashimoto’s disease, it causes secondary hyperthyroidism, that is to say an overproduction of hormones which causes, among other things, severe tremors, but also nervousness, eye disorders, a lot of fatigue and weight loss which can be extreme. You can imagine that for a world rapper like Missy Eliott, it’s zero easy to manage (even if it never really is, no matter what job you do).
Bonus: Laëticia Milot, Lorie, Whoppy Goldberg and all these stars with endometriosis
Yes, because even if endometriosis is starting to be a little more well-known disease, it is thanks in particular to the work of these stars who have dared to speak publicly about endometriosis and what hell on earth it is. Suffering, pain, and a lot of distress, overall. So again, thank you to them.
