Comedian Amy Schumer has Cushing's syndrome, a hormonal disorder caused by receiving high-dose steroid injections.
The revelation of the diagnosis came less than a week after the “Trainwreck” and “Life & Beth” star addressed criticism of her “bloatier than normal” face following an appearance on the “Tonight Show” earlier in this month. Schumer initially attributed the change to endometriosis, which she has spoken openly about for years, as well as “medical and hormonal things happening in the body.” [her] world right now.” Although she said she was fine at the time, on Friday she revealed her official diagnoses in Jessica Yellin's News Not Noise newsletter to “advocate for women's health” and encourage them to be “relentless when fighting for their own health.”
“I feel reborn,” the 42-year-old said in the newsletter. “There are some types of Cushing. Some that can be fatal, require brain surgery or removal of adrenal glands. 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 I might not be around to see my son grow. So finding out that I have the type of Cushing's that will resolve itself and that I'm healthy was the best news imaginable.”
Cushing's syndrome occurs when the body has too much cortisol, either from producing too much stress hormone in the adrenal glands or from taking medications that affect the body in the same way that cortisol would for a long time, according to the Mayo Clinic. Too much cortisol can cause a round, red, full face (also known as a moon face), weight gain, thin skin with easy bruising, back pain during routine activities, pain or tenderness in the bones, accumulation of fat between the shoulders and above the collarbone. , as well as anxiety, fatigue and headache.
Schumer, who has a 4-year-old son with her husband, chef Chris Fischer, said “it's been a crazy couple of weeks” for her family as she juggled fears about her health while being “in front of the camera and with the Internet intervening” during the press tour for the second season of “Life & Beth.”
The Emmy-winning “Inside Amy Schumer” star said she was somewhat grateful for the online discourse, which she previously referred to as “feedback and deliberation about my appearance,” because it was how she “realized that something It was bad.” Just like when I realized she had given my son a name that didn't sound so good. “The Internet is undefeated, as they say.”
“The shame and criticism of our ever-changing bodies is something I have dealt with and witnessed for a long time,” said Schumer, who has addressed such issues in her comedy, film and television. “I so desperately want women to love themselves and be relentless in fighting for their own health in a system that typically doesn't believe them.”
He added that “this is a good example that we never know what happens to someone. “Everyone is struggling with something.”
