The list of Celebrities battling chronic illnesses

Jim Carrey – Depression

Medical conditions can affect any individual whether he is a common man living his regular life or a celebrity experiencing larger than life. This is the case with the medical condition like depression. It can affect any individual no matter what the talent, intelligence or socioeconomic status the individual possess. This is the medical condition that affects the very well known mask character Jim Carrey. It is hard to believe that the person with this enormous talent of cracking the jokes even better under pressure can have this kind of medical condition. With such solid background of enormous success and financial stability, it is been very difficult to find out the cause of Jim Carrey’s depression. Though the causes summarizes at the situations such as relationships, environment, lifestyle, predisposition and perspective towards life, some difficult situation of his childhood had added to make him more vulnerable to have major depression issues.

Christy Turlington – Emphysema

News disclosed to The Times of London by Christy Turlignton itself who is a model by profession about her early-stage emphysema. During a Social awareness campaign about the latest technology, this 31 year ole model of brand Calvin Klein found the disease during lung scan. Since her father died in 1997 due to lung cancer, she is become the campaigner for anti-smoking. Instead of quit smoking at the age of 26, she diagnosed with this condition of Emphysema, as the damage has already be done.

Michael Phelps – ADHD

ADHD medically termed as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and commonly referred as ADD. It is stated that around 10 million adult populations in USA suffered from this medical condition, so it may not be any surprise if some celebrities includes, actors, musicians and athletes can also be victim of this condition. If this condition left treated can lead to problems like disorganization and poor concentration and can be cause of social and emotional problems. It is very hard to believe that Michael Phelps a 28 year old retired Olympic swimming champion who has the unmatched focus in the pool has once diagnosed with ADHA disorder.

Nick Cannon – Lupus

Nick Cannon a famous host was diagnosed with an autoimmune like diseases named lupus in the year 2012. The medical practitioners told him that he has to learn to with this medical condition. As per the Daily Mail, after suffering from kidney failure he was hospitalized in January 2012. And this is not the end; he was re-admitted after few weeks for the life-threatening condition of blood clots in his lungs

Victoria Justice - Hashimoto's

Victoria Justice has everything that not only a Women desire but every individual in this plant whether women or men desire a part of it, and she has everything, fame, beauty, youth and a successful career. Although she has everything that every individual desires for, she during an interview with a health magazine revealed that she is struggling with an autoimmune thyroid disease called Hashimoto’s at a young age of 22. She was diagnosed a few years ago, and in spite of the result of diagnosis with the proper medication and diet change helps her to lead a normal life without any complications.

Tom Hanks – Diabetes

Tom Hanks a very well known celebrity, he has publically revealed about his type 2 diabetes conditions. In Diabetes the blood sugar is not well-regulated and the human body is not properly function and generates enough insulin. He is one of the few celebrities including Sherri Sheppard and Paula Deen who are talking publically about having diabetes.

Elisabeth Hasselbeck -- Celiac disease

Elisabeth Hasselbeck is best known for her outspokenness in ABC show. For around a decade she lived with severe and mysterious symptoms. Even after multiple diagnosis, there is nothing found by her doctors. During the show’s taping on CBS 1 for “Survivor”, she realized the symptoms were minor, she thought that this is because of less eating of wheat. After a thorough research and diagnose, she is found with an autoimmune disorder called celiac disease, which affects individual’s capability of digesting gluten. 

Michael J. Fox -- Parkinson's disease

Michael J. Fox an actor of Canadian origin, at the age of 37 years, he has diagnosed with Parkinson disease. This disease is a progressive degenerative disorder affecting the capacity of movement by targeting specific part of the brain. Though this disease affect people who are older or at least at their 40s, but Mr. Fox is even younger when he diagnosed with Parkinson disease after he noticed a twitch in his little finger of left hand during a shoot in the year 1991.