Selma Blair said she suffered with MS symptoms as a child, but doctors thought she had leukemia.- The actress, whose memoir comes out next week, wasn't diagnosed until her 40s.
Selma Blair is opening up about her traumatic childhood, including sexual abuse, $4, and physical pain she now knows was an early sign of
"I had so many things that were so indicative of MS," the 49-year-old actress $4 about her early symptoms. "Doctors thought I had leukemia. I didn't, but it was a constant high fever."
"The ailments as a kid connected," she added. "I do know for sure I had it by the age of 23. It was definitely there for so long."
But Blair, whose $4 comes out next week, wasn't diagnosed with the autoimmune condition until 2018. The "Cruel Intentions" star has $4 how numbness in her legs during a fashion show signaled something was really wrong.
"When I first stepped out. I couldn't feel the ground or how to lift my left leg," she wrote on Instagram. "My brain was trying to compute. As I walked the runway, stunned."
Six months later, Blair was diagnosed. $4 in which the immune system attacks nerve fibers' protective covering. It can worsen over time and lead to a range of symptoms, including numbness, vision and speech problems, fatigue, and pain.
While there's no cure, various treatments can help. Blair has undergone chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, which she detailed in her $4
"The pain is still there," she told Guthrie. "I'm in remission, I built no new lesions. I still have, you know, some brain damage and things that are there, but I'm OK with it. I'm grateful because I'm doing so much better."