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11) Bella Hadid - Lyme disease
The 26-year-old model Bella Hadid suffers from a chronic illness called Lyme disease since 2012. At the time of her diagnosis with the disease, the model was just 16. The illness is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and in some rare events by Borrelia mayonii.
The general symptoms of the disease entail headache, fever, fatigue, and a specific type of patch on the skin called erythema migrans. In a 2016 interview with Glamour, Bella Hadid spoke about having Lyme disease and her struggles with the chronic illness:
"It starts with brain fog; for a while I couldn’t put sentences together,...I’m really tired a lot. A few weeks ago I had a big campaign shoot that I had to reschedule. It's hard, but I push through, because at the end of the day, if you're not working, somebody else is."
12) Pink - Asthma
The 43-year-old singer and songwriter Pink has been diagnosed with the chronic illness asthma. In 2009, the singer disclosed her diagnosis of asthma, a health condition in which an individual's airways get narrowed down and go on to swell and may even produce extra mucus.
This can cause breathing difficulties and can also trigger coughing and a whistling sound when the patient with asthma breathes out. It can also cause shortness of breath. In a 2009 interview with Women's Health, Pink talked about her chronic illness, saying:
"I have to be able to run up those stairs as many times as I do and be able to sing at the same time,...I'm an asthmatic. I have to be on that treadmill singing to get my lungs right."
Some other celebrities with chronic illnesses include Lil Wayne (Epilepsy), Daisy Ridley (Endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome), Venus Williams (Sjogren's syndrome), Winnie Harlow (Vitiligo), Shania Twain (Lyme disease), Anthony Anderson (Type 2 diabetes), Halle Berry (Diabetes), Nick Cannon (Lupus), and several others.
