Up to 20% of MS diagnoses may be wrong, like Christina Applegate's
A multiple sclerosis expert answers questions about MS misdiagnosis after Christina Applegate said she doesn't have the chronic condition after all.
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A multiple sclerosis expert answers questions about MS misdiagnosis after Christina Applegate said she doesn't have the chronic condition after all.
Actress Christina Applegate revealed on her podcast Tuesday that she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis. CBS News' medical correspondent Dr. Cèline Gounder explains what could have happened.
Christina Applegate said on her MeSsy podcast that her doctor recently revealed she did not have multiple sclerosis.
Actress Christina Applegate revealed on Tuesday that her years-long battle with multiple sclerosis was not MS at all, and she was misdiagnosed. Dr. Marwa Kaisey, an associate professor at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Department of Neurology, joins CBS News to discuss.
Christina Applegate shared on her podcast that she was misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2021.
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Christina Applegate, who said in 2021 that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, got a standing ovation as she came out using a cane during the Emmy Awards.
"There are just certain things that people take for granted in their lives that I took for granted. Going down the stairs, carrying things—you can't do that anymore," she said.
More than a year after announcing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis, Christina Applegate accepted her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – barefoot – with an emotional message to her friends and family.
The actress was diagnosed with the chronic autoimmune disease in 2021.
The Emmy Award-winning actor said she has an "important ceremony" coming up.
"As one of my friends that has MS said 'we wake up and take the indicated action,'" Applegate tweeted. "And that's what I do."