Selma Blair is in remission from multiple sclerosis, but that doesn't mean she's living symptom free. She opened up about living with MS and why she's not afraid of the disease.
"I don’t live in fear of this condition at all," she told"Today."with the disease, which causes the immune system to attack the protective covering of nerve fibers and impacts communication between the brain and the body, in 2018.
"I still have symptoms. I do not have the absolute weakness that I had for a long time, and if I focus on something really truly and I’m awake, I can correct it. But often, it just takes a lot of energy," Blair said. Selma Blair spoke with"Today" about her MS diagnosis, saying,"I don’t live in fear of this condition at all.""I don’t know where my body always is in space when I’m tired. When I’m tired, I become very spastic, and my speech is dystonic," she said. According to the Mayo Clinic, dystonia is a movement disorder that causes muscles to contract involuntarily.
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