Iconic actor Miranda Hart has opened up about a very difficult time in her life. As reported by People, she revealed that a mystery illness left her at "rock bottom", having been "bedbound" for decades.
She opened up in a recent interview with Grazia Daily UK. The actor revealed that she was eventually diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis after decades of symptoms. Per the outlet, ME is also known as chronic fatigue syndrome - it causes severe fatigue after even the slightest exertion.
"It can cause headaches, joint pain, muscle aches, difficulty sleeping, dizziness and fainting, vision troubles, weakness, swollen lymph nodes and more."
But, Hart explained that her symptoms began after she was bitten by a tick when she was just 14. She said that contracting Lyme disease may have been the start of her troubles.
However, her diagnosis came as "such a relief" to her. "I mean, being misunderstood and misjudged is one of the hardest things about these kind of conditions, for sure."
Her condition had ended up leaving her "bedbound and without joy" during her mid-40s, not leaving her house for years. "I didn't have a job, I didn't have a social life, I didn't have any responsibilities or identities."
Luckily, she can look forward to working on TV again as she can now try and mitigate her symptoms.
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The Actor Isn't the Only Celebrity to Deal With the Illness
Unfortunately, the actor isn't the only celebrity to have dealt with the devastating syndrome. A popular Olympian also recently detailed her experiences with ME - we reported on it when she opened up about it.
Beth Dobbin, who ran the 200 meter sprint, revealed, "I've done little things like attend a blood test at the doctors and been in bed for months after." Even doing her interview about her condition, "chatting away for 30 minutes" as she calls it, "that could have an impact on me in 2027."
"All the specialists said 'this is ME'... We don't want it to be that because there's nothing out there for it."
It's obvious that this disease has a really big and really tragic impact on people. We hope that a cure eventually comes out.
