Valeria Piazza She confessed this Saturday on ‘You’re in All’ and spoke about the rare condition that afflicts her and that she will have to deal with throughout her life. Its about Behcet’s syndrome, a strange autoimmune disease.
According to what he told the Natalie Vértiz and Choca Mandros program, it all started with a faint.
“I had very high fevers, I had a fever of 40 and a half one night and the pain I felt in my organs was so strong, my whole body hurt. I passed out from the pain in my own bed, then I got up and just asked for help to take me to the clinic.”revealed Valeria Piazza.
Valeria Piazza in ‘You’re in All’ 2
According to him, for a long time the doctors did not find his diagnosis, so it was a very complicated stage in his life. “They didn’t give my mother a diagnosis, it could be anything, but when we found this doctor, my red doctor, the rheumatologist, they completely changed the antibiotics, the pills, the medications, I changed to using cortisone, they were treating me like a autoimmune disease, that’s why it didn’t improve,” the model said.
In addition, she also revealed that she was very scared because she thought she was going to go blind and at one point her feet turned purple, so they told her that they had to be cut off.
“It can cause permanent blindness, I He said ‘I’m going to go blind’‘, I only saw little lights, the blood vessels in my macula had become inflamed. I was crying because I didn’t know what was going to happen to me. I also had a problem with my feet, I couldn’t step, My feet were turning purple. They told my mother that my feet had become necrotic and that they had to be cut off, my mother was desperate looking for a foot that they could buy me to put on. I said I can’t die right now, I need to get married, travel, live, I have to tell people what I feel, but I did think about it, will I ever have a family or will I just stay here? she said distressed.
On the other hand, she said that her husband always supported her, even when she had very strong consequences from the medications to control her illness.
“He paralyzed his life to spend all day in the clinic, when he went to Spain he was also with me. It was very difficult and no one knows, the issue of high doses of cortisone I got the famous cushing’s, I was very swollen, my mood wasn’t the best, I had a hunchback, my face was swollen, I couldn’t sleep, I had insomnia, That’s when I realized that Pierre was my person for life.”he commented.
Valeria Piazza said that at the moment, six years after being diagnosed, she has been able to control her illness. She is not cured but she is controlled. She gave me injections every two weeks, I found a good option for biological medications and the doctor told me ‘if you don’t relapse in two years, you can stop taking the medication.’ Six years have passed and I did not go blind, I was not in a wheelchair, I have not had relapses, for me it is a miracle,” she said, relieved.
VALERIA PIAZZA LEFT WITHOUT SAVINGS DUE TO HER ILLNESS
Valeria Piazza commented that the treatment to control her disease was a hard economic shock for her. “I ran out of savings. I had insurance, she covered the three months in the clinic, but I didn’t have international insurance. I was left at zero and when I returned to work after a year, I was left without money, but it was worth it because that year of unemployment was to cure me, without health there is nothing,” concluded the host.
VALERIA PIAZZA REMEMBERS ACCIDENT
Besides, Valeria Piazza He remembered the car accident he was involved in in 2016. “It happened to me at the worst time because I was in full preparation for the Miss Universe. It slowed me down a lot, I had to wear a neck brace for two weeks, but that gave me more desire to heal quickly to represent my country, it helped me with motivation, to give everything.”said the model.
