What is Cushing’s syndrome? After Amy Schumer talks about diagnosis on Call Her Daddy podcast
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On the Call Her Daddy podcast, American actress and stand-up comedian Amy Schumer, 43, discussed how online abuse from trolls led her to seek medical help, ultimately resulting in a diagnosis of Cushing’s syndrome. Speaking to podcast host Alex Cooper, in the episode that aired on Wednesday, Schumer said: “I was getting these steroid injections [for scars], and it gave me this thing called Cushing’s syndrome, which I wouldn’t have known if the internet hadn’t come for me so hard.”.
She first encountered comments about her “moon face” after photos of her were released in the press a year ago, but only began to take them seriously when doctors also voiced their concerns in the comments. “Doctors were chiming in the comments, and they were like, no, we think something’s really up – like, your face looks so crazy,” said the comedian on the podcast. “They were like, we think you have something called Cushing’s and it’s about spiking cortisol levels and steroids injections.”.
But what exactly is Cushing’s syndrome? And can it be treated?. What is Cushing’s?. There are two names for Cushing’s: Cushing’s syndrome and Cushing’s disease. “If the source of the problem is the pituitary gland (e.g., a tumour in the pituitary gland) then it is known as Cushing’s disease,” clarifies Cooper. “If the source is elsewhere in the body then the correct term is Cushing’s syndrome.”.
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