Angelina Jolie faces serious health problems amid her tense separation from Brad Pitt, which has caused her too much stress. The actress has always been very secretive with her private life; However, she recently revealed to WSJ magazine more details of Bell’s palsy that she was diagnosed with almost 7 years ago. This disease causes damage to the facial nerve and the peripheral nerve, responsible for facial movement. According to the Mayo Clinic, “the muscles on the side of the face become weak or, in some cases, paralyzed. The condition only affects one side of the face at a time.”
How Is Angelina Jolie’s Health?
Although the news of her condition was made public in 2017, she has now revealed more details about how she is experiencing it and when she found out.
“Sometimes the women in families put themselves last until it manifests itself in her health,” she said at the time in an interview with Vanity Fair.
Angelina was diagnosed six months before her separation from the protagonist of Seven, with whom she has six children in common, but her health was affected by the stress to which she was exposed.
“My body reacts very strongly to stress. My blood sugar goes up and down. “I suddenly had Bell’s palsy six months before my divorce,” the famous woman said.
Angelina Jolie Underwent Several Surgeries to Prevent Cancer
In addition, she highlighted that to avoid the cancer from which her mother and her aunt died, she has undergone several surgeries, where her breasts, ovaries, and fallopian tubes were removed.
“I choose not to keep my story private because there are many women who do not know that they could be living under the shadow of cancer (…) Children will also be able to get genetic testing and, if they are high risk, they will also know that they have solid options,” she famously told The New York Times in 2013.
After various treatments to prevent cancer, Angelina faced menopause. In 2027 she confessed to Vanity Fair that despite developing dry skin and gray hair, “I feel more like a woman because I feel like I am being smart in my decisions, I put my family first and I am in charge of my life and my health. I think that’s what makes a woman complete.”
The symptoms of Bell’s palsy usually improve within a few weeks and the patient recovers, usually completely, in about six months. There are very few people who experience these lifelong effects and apparently, Angelina is currently healthy, despite the legal battle she has with Brad Pitt.
This story was written in Spanish by Nayeli Párraga in Cultura Colectiva
