She has multiple sclerosis. Actress Christina Applegate has fallen ill and asks to protect her privacy.
Los Angeles – The US actress Christina Applegate (“A terribly nice family”, “Bad Moms”) has multiple sclerosis in her own words.
On Monday evening, the 49-year-old Emmy Prize winner wrote to her 1.4 million followers on Twitter: “Hello friends. I was diagnosed with MS a few months ago. ”It was a“ hard road ”, but she was supported by other people with the disease. Applegate closes a second tweet with the words: “That’s why I am now asking for privacy. While I’m going through this thing. Thank you.”
It’s not the first health setback for Applegate. In 2008, the actress had both breasts removed after being diagnosed with cancer. In 2017, she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to prevent cancer from recurring. The Hollywood star suffers from a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, which greatly increases the risk of cancer in women. Applegate has been a mother since 2011. In the 1990s she was known in Germany as Kelly Bundy in the TV series “A Terrible Nice Family”.
Applegate’s colleague Selma Blair from the film “Super sweet and super sexy” (2002) also made a multiple sclerosis diagnosis public in 2018. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a nervous system disorder that causes inflammation in the spinal cord and brain. The course is very different and unpredictable. The inflammation can heal, but the patient’s situation can worsen over the years. dpa
