Here's why Miss Universe Sushmita Sen is steroid-dependent

First Published Jan 19, 2021, 5:33 PM IST

Did you know that Sushmita Sen was declared to be steroid-dependent for life in 2014? But why? Read on.
 

Miss Universe Sushmita Sen has always shared motivational speeches, inspired others to live a healthy, beautiful life. In 2014, she was diagnosed with a very critical health issue that made her steroid-dependent for the rest of her life.
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In an interview with Rajeev Masand, she said, "I finished shooting for my Bengali film Nirbaak, and I fell violently sick. We could not figure out what had happened.
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"Then, an array of tests happened and after fainting and being rushed to the hospital, we discovered that my adrenal glands had stopped making cortisol. I was lucky to come out of that fainting spell because I had gone into an adrenal crisis," she added.
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She further mentioned a medicine which helped her to stay alive. She said, "The next thing, after that, would have been my organs packing up one by one. But for some reason, I came back from it and was declared steroid-dependent for life. Which means that I had to take a medicine called hydrocortisone, which is a steroid, every eight hours to stay alive because my body no longer made that."
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सुष्मिता सेन ने इंस्टाग्राम पर फोटो शेयर करने के साथ ही शानदार कैप्शन लिखा था। उन्होंने लिखा, 'मेरी मां, बच्चे अलीषा और रेनी ने बेहतरीन फील करने वाला बर्थडे बनाया। ये जानकर अच्छा लगा कि वो जानते हैं कि मैं कितने उम्र की हूं। ढेर सारे प्यार और आशीर्वाद के लिए आप सभी का धन्यवाद। शानदार बर्थडे रहा।'
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