Kim Kardashian West has recently explained her diagnosis and symptoms to her grandmother Mary Jo (MJ) Campbell.
In a bonus scene from season 17 of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” released on Friday, the 39-year-old sits down with MJ to explain her symptoms.
Kim feared that she had lupus, an autoimmune disease, or rheumatoid arthritis, another autoimmune disease characterized by chronic pains and inflammation. Eventually, she was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, an incurable inflammatory skin condition; however, the symptoms are manageable.
Kim told MJ, “I woke up a few weeks ago and my hands were really stiff. It was really weird, they felt different. I went to go get my phone and I couldn’t — my hands were kind of numb. The next day I woke up and I literally couldn’t lift my toothbrush, I couldn’t take my bra off, I couldn’t zip my pants up.”
At that time, Kim was expecting her fourth child with Kanye West via surrogate.
“I would be so sad if the baby came and I couldn’t hold my baby,” Kim said. “I can’t even hold my phone, I couldn’t hold a bottle. I wouldn’t be able to do anything.”
MJ said, “That’s how I feel when I go to pick up your babies. But you’re too young for this.”
In September, Kim revealed on the Today show that she went on medication to manage the symptoms of psoriatic arthritis.
At that time, she said, “I, unfortunately, had to be put on medication to stop the symptoms. I tried everything natural for the longest time and we chose the best route for me, so luckily, right now everything is under control.” She continued, “Autoimmune issues are really scary. When you get a diagnosis – and I didn’t realize I was one of those people, but before I knew what it was, when it was really up in the air, you get in your head and you think of every worst possibility of what’s going to happen and how you’re going to live your life.”
