Selma Blair — the former Hollywood hellcat who battled booze, depression and anxiety for years — faces a grave new challenge: a debilitating nerve disease that may prevent her from ever walking again! The “Legally Blonde” beauty suffers from multiple sclerosis, a crippling illness that could put her in a wheelchair, and eventually kill her! Selma took to Instagram to reveal she was diagnosed with the deadly disease on Aug. 16, describing in heartbreaking detail how a costume designer on her Netflix series, “Another Life,” was forced to help her dress after she experienced “an exacerbation.” Read on for details of Selma’s new health struggle, and click here for more news of celebrity health crises….
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“I am disabled,” Selma declared. “I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken GPS!”
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Internist
Dr. Stuart Fischer, who has not treated Selma, told
The National ENQUIRER there’s no cure for MS, which attacks the protective casing around nerve cells — disrupting the electrical currents that enable the body to function normally.
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“MS is a crippling disease,” he explained, “and she will lose her ability to walk. She can also lose her ability to talk, swallow and even breathe. This is a debilitating disease that affects movement and bodily functions — but not the brain.”
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Dr. Fischer described sufferers as prisoners in their own crumbling bodies. MS is often fatal because it attacks the lungs.
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“I am disabled,” Selma declared. “I fall sometimes. I drop things. My memory is foggy. And my left side is asking for directions from a broken GPS!”
Photo credit: Instagram@selmablair
Internist
Dr. Stuart Fischer, who has not treated Selma, told
The National ENQUIRER there’s no cure for MS, which attacks the protective casing around nerve cells — disrupting the electrical currents that enable the body to function normally.
Photo credit: Getty Images
“MS is a crippling disease,” he explained, “and she will lose her ability to walk. She can also lose her ability to talk, swallow and even breathe. This is a debilitating disease that affects movement and bodily functions — but not the brain.”
Dr. Fischer described sufferers as prisoners in their own crumbling bodies. MS is often fatal because it attacks the lungs.
