Selma Blair Recalls Doctors Dismissing Her Early MS Symptoms as a Teen

Selma Blair Recalls Doctors Dismissing Her Early MS Symptoms as a Teen

Selma Blair’s lifelong health struggles were signs of multiple sclerosis that doctors wouldn’t acknowledge until she was in her 40s. “I was diagnosed with relapsing limiting MS in 2018. It turned out I probably had juvenile MS as my first optical neuritis was when I was about seven, which left me with a lazy eye from nerve damage,” Blair, 53, said at the Flow Space Women’s Health Summit earlier this month. “But there were a lot of things missed …

Selma Blair exposes how doctors missed her MS for decades despite clear warning signs

Actress Selma Blair was diagnosed with MS in 2018 after years of unexplained symptoms that began when she was seven years old.

Selma Blair says doctors dismissed her early symptoms of MS as being linked to her period instead

For most of her life, Selma Blair battled unexplained pain, exhaustion, and neurological symptoms, only to be told by doctors that nothing was wrong. It wasn’t until her 40s that the Cruel Intentions and Legally Blonde star finally learned the truth: she had multiple sclerosis (MS).Speaking at the Flow Space Women’s Health Summit, as reported by Variety, Blair revealed that she was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS in 2018, but her symptoms …