Here’s what we know about Kim Kardashian’s health, specifically her psoriasis, and how the reality star mom is coping with the condition.
Reality star, businesswoman, and mom Kim Kardashian has shared her health journey openly with fans as she’s dealt with psoriasis over the years.
In Season 3 of Hulu’s The Kardashians, Kim gave fans an update on her skin condition.
Read on for what to know about Kim’s psoriasis, as well as what she has tried to help cope with it. Plus, we’ll share how Kim’s overall health is doing in the wake of her very public divorce.
Kim Kardashian’s health has long been affected by her psoriasis.
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Kim is far from alone when it comes to coping with the autoimmune skin condition. According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, psoriasis affects as many as 7.5 million Americans. This includes Kardashian family matriarch, Kris Jenner.
In fact, it’s well known that psoriasis has a genetic component. Meanwhile, the hard truth about the diagnosis is that there’s no cure for psoriasis. That said, Kim has definitely tried various tactics to deal with her psoriasis, including sticking to a plant-based diet.
As Kim shared with Kourtney Kardashian’s Poosh site in 2022 about her plant-based approach to eating, “It’s made me more mindful about how what I put in my body affects me, not just psoriasis but also my mood, my stress levels, my energy, everything.”
Although Kim claimed at one point that eating a plant-based diet cured her psoriasis, the SKIMS founder opened up in the Season 3 premiere of The Kardashians about still struggling to get the condition under control.
In Episode 1, Kim told Kris that her divorce from Kanye West and the stress of co-parenting had led to flare-ups of her psoriasis. When her mom encouraged her to try and manage her stress, Kim retorted, “Well, tell the father of my children to stop acting up and then I won’t stress out and get psoriasis.”
Psoriasis is not the only health issue Kim Kardashian has dealt with due to her very public divorce.
In the Season 3 premiere of The Kardashians, Kim — who shares kids North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm with Kanye — talked about her massive anxiety over her separation.
“I spent my whole morning having an anxiety attack. I felt like I just couldn’t breathe all day,” Kim confided in Kris at one point in the episode.
She added, “There’s been a lot going on with Kanye right now. Even through all of the craziness of everything that Kanye says about us, I never comment. I never post.” Kim also said that everything she texts to her ex in private is likely to end up online for the world to see and judge.
Kim also talked about how she doesn’t trash talk her ex out of respect for her children.
“S–t could be going down and I get in the car and… the kids want to blast dad’s music. And I’m like, ‘He’s the best! Yeah!’ And I put it on and we’re singing along and inside I’m dying,” she heartbreakingly confided.
Does Kim Kardashian have lupus?
If the business mogul does suffer from lupus, she has yet to share the news publicly with fans. It’s clear that any updates regarding Kim’s health will be broadcast via KUWTK.
The Mayo Clinic characterizes lupus as a “systemic autoimmune disease that occurs when your body’s immune system attacks your own tissues and organs.” Inflammation of the joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, brain, heart, and/or lungs is common.
Lupus can be tricky to diagnose because the signs often mimic those of other conditions.
As a mother of four, it’s understandable why Kim wants to take every precaution imaginable to ensure a clean bill of health.
FAQ
What is Kim Kardashian suffering from? Kim Kardashian has been pretty open about her struggles with psoriasis since she was first diagnosed with it in 2011, and back in 2019 the reality star gave her fans another insight with her skin struggles on her sister Kourtney’s website, Poosh.
Does Kim Kardashian have any health problems? Yes, she has battled psoriasis since 2011. “Psoriasis broke out over my body and I got psoriatic arthritis, so I couldn’t really move my hands,” Kardashian said. “I had to go to a rheumatologist who put me on a steroid.
What causes psoriasis? The cause of psoriasis isn’t fully understood. It’s thought to be an immune system problem where infection-fighting cells attack healthy skin cells by mistake. Researchers believe that both genetics and environmental factors play a role. The condition is not contagious.
Did Kim Kardashian have infertility? While the reality TV star was able to conceive her first baby with ex-husband Kanye West naturally even without trying, she underwent IVF followed by a difficult pregnancy during her second time.
What treatment did Kim Kardashian have? Kim K has been opened on her abs treatment revaling she uses InMode Morpheus8, a minimally invasive treatment Kardashian posted about recently on her Instagram Stories. “This is a game changer! I did Morpheus laser to tighten my stomach,” Kardashian captioned a photo of her bare abs and tagging Los Angeles-based celebrity plastic surgeon Ashkan Ghavami, MD.