Watch: How Bollywood's Sushmita Sen battled Addison’s disease
The Bollywood actress overcame her illness with the help of nunchakus
Bollywood actress and former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has opened up about her battle with Addison’s disease, following her diagnosis in 2014.
In a video posted on YouTube, Sen chronicled her journey battling the auto-immune disease and how she managed to overcome it by ‘meditating with Nunchaku’.
Addison’s disease is described as a serious endocrine disorder in which the adrenal glands do not produce enough steroid hormones. Symptoms generally come on slowly and may include abdominal pain, weakness, and weight loss.
In a lengthy post, Sen described her journey, stating: “After I was diagnosed with an Auto immune condition called Addison’s disease in September 2014, it left me feeling like, I had no fight left in me...A fatigued body filled with immense frustration & aggression.”
“The dark circles under my eyes can’t even begin to explain the dark times I endured for 4 long years :) To have steroids substitute cortisol & to live with its innumerable side effects took its toll. There is NOTHING more tiring than to live with a chronic illness,” the ‘Main Hoon Na’ actress wrote further.
Stating that “enough was enough”, Sen explained she “had to find a way of strengthening my mind, allowing my body to follow suit. I meditated with #Nunchaku.”
The 44-year-old actress added that she healed in time. “My Adrenal glands woke up, no more steroids, no withdrawals & no auto immune condition as of 2019. Lesson: No one knows your body better than you.”
Along with her comment, Sen also posted a video that shows her performing various steps with a Nunchaku, a martial arts weapon.