Kesha on her health

[therearewords]

. @KeshaRose is opening up about her immune deficiency disease, and how she almost died earlier this year https://t.co/8IoVsIyLN5
- ET Canada (@ETCanada) June 21, 2023
- was diagnosed with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID - "If you have CVID, you’ll likely have repeated infections in your ears, sinuses and respiratory system. You’ll also have

Comments

[poor_medea]

No way! I have CVID - it's pretty rare (I've only met one other person with it, and that was in hospital). I didn't get diagnosed until I was 32, and had already had sepsis 4 times.

[skyler_white_yo]

That sounds scary. Are there effective treatments for CVID?

[poor_medea]

Yes, it can be managed with regular infusions of immunoglobulin (the part of the blood that fights infections). I got to the hospital every three weeks for an IV drip of it; other people inject sub-cutaneously every week at home.

I'm lucky because I'm not in America - an American doctor friend of mine told me that the home treatment (so, meds alone, without the bed in the hospital, nurses time, etc) cost $4000 a week...and that was six or seven years ago, so I can only imagine it's gone up.

[skyler_white_yo]

American healthcare is such a disgrace.
I’m glad it can be managed, and I wish you continued good health.

[poor_medea]

Thank you!