Selena Gomez has
revealed she had to undergo chemotherapy after being diagnosed with autoimmune
disease lupus.
The 23-year-old singer was forced to
step away from the spotlight in late 2013 in order to undergo the aggressive
form of treatment, also used to kill cancer cells, to stomp out the symptoms of
her life-threatening autoimmune disease.
Selena's diagnosis meant she had to
abruptly axe the Australian and Asian leg of her world tour in December 2013,
but rumours soon began to surface suggesting she'd actually checked into rehab
for addiction.
Now, speaking to Billboard magazine,
the star explains it's because she was battling lupus and could have even
suffered a stroke
"I was diagnosed with lupus, and
I’ve been through chemotherapy. That’s what my break was really about,"
she revealed.
"I could’ve had a stroke. I
wanted so badly to say, ‘You guys have no idea. I’m in chemotherapy. You’re a–holes.
I locked myself away until I was confident and comfortable again.”
Lupus is a potentially fatal disease
in which the immune system attacks healthy tissue leading to inflammation in
many parts of the body.
The common symptoms include pain or
swelling in the joints, muscle pain, fever, chest pain, hair loss, mouth/nasal
ulcers, facial rashes and extreme fatigue.
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