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Kris reveals fears, names disease

- By NEIL RAMOS

AFTER a series of medical tests, as carried out by specialist­s in Singapore, Kris Aquino revealed she has chronic spontaneou­s urticaria, a disease commonly known as, well, hives.

Kris actually took leave from work to address the concern.

Note she also suffered sudden weight loss due to stress having been supposedly duped by a yetto-be-named former employee. She thought she has cancer. In an Instagram post, Kris explained:

“I was SCARED, our Mom had unexplaine­d weight loss before her cancer diagnosis. That’s why I had my series of blood tests.”

She added, “My initial diagnosis indicated an autoimmune disease... to be specific, we were afraid it was lupus.”

“I now know I have Chronic Spontaneou­s Urticaria, and yes, mine is an autoimmune disease.”

Kris continued, “I am now, and for the rest of my existence will be, on high dosage antihistam­ines and having the EpiPen will always be crucial. Severe allergies are life threatenin­g because of anaphylact­ic shock.”

EpiPen is an epinephrin­e autoinject­or, used for injecting a measured dose of epinephrin­e by means of autoinject­or technology. It is most often used for the treatment of anaphylaxi­s.

Kris said these medication­s will now be added to the ones she has been taking to manage her hypertensi­on, as well as her migraines.

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