Health · Healthcare & Policy · 2 hrs ago
Christina Applegate undergoes new tests after MS misdiagnosis
Actress Christina Applegate says doctors are reassessing her symptoms after she was told she had multiple sclerosis five years ago.
On her podcast MeSsy, which she hosts with Jamie Lynn Sigler, she said she is back at the start of the diagnostic process.
Doctors are testing for conditions that can resemble MS, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and Lyme disease.
Applegate said she still has symptoms, but doctors no longer have an explanation for them.
The diagnosis had given her a reason for her daily difficulties, so losing that explanation has left her confused and unsettled.
She says she will remain part of the MS community and continue speaking up for people with the condition.
Further testing is underway, but no new diagnosis has been announced.
Christina Applegate says she is undergoing tests after doctors reevaluated her multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
She said doctors are checking for conditions that can mimic MS, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and Lyme disease.
Applegate said she still has symptoms but doctors no longer have an explanation for them.
She shared the update on MeSsy, the MS-themed podcast she hosts with Jamie Lynn Sigler.
Applegate said she would remain part of the MS community.
- Who
- Christina Applegate is undergoing testing after doctors reevaluated her diagnosis.
- What
- Doctors are testing her for conditions that can mimic multiple sclerosis.
- When
- She gave the update on the latest episode of MeSsy. The episode date is not stated.
- Where
- On MeSsy, her podcast with Jamie Lynn Sigler.
- Why
- Doctors are reevaluating the cause of her symptoms after she was told she had MS, but they no longer have an explanation for them.
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Doctors told Applegate that she had multiple sclerosis.
Applegate announced that she had been misdiagnosed with MS.
She said she would continue speaking out for people with MS.
Applegate said doctors were reevaluating her symptoms and testing her for conditions that can mimic MS.
- Podcast
- MeSsy, hosted by Applegate and Jamie Lynn Sigler
- Earlier diagnosis
- Doctors told Applegate she had MS five years ago
- Conditions mentioned
- Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and Lyme disease
- Testing
- Doctors are checking for conditions that can mimic MS
- Status
- Applegate said she still has symptoms and doctors no longer have an explanation for them
What people are saying
We’re going into square one, just doing some testing and going one by one of kind of the sister diseases to MS
So, now I’m being tested for all that stuff, slowly but surely.
I’ll never leave this community.