Danielle Jonas, spouse of Kevin Jonas, is revealing the aggravating signs that led to her latest prognosis of Lyme disease.
Jonas, 39, sought remedy when she observed that she was shedding extra hair than regular.
“They tried to inform me it was anxiousness. Lastly, I had a biopsy that confirmed I really had Lyme illness,” Jonas stated in an interview with Parents printed on Thursday.
Lyme disease is a bacterial an infection brought on by a chunk from an contaminated black-legged tick, additionally referred to as a deer tick.
Symptoms of Lyme disease embrace fever, chills, complications, fatigue, muscle and joint aches, swollen lymph nodes, hair loss and rashes, together with an erythema migrans rash.
If left untreated, long-term penalties can embrace facial palsy, coronary heart palpitations or irregular heartbeat, nerve ache, irritation of the mind and spinal wire, lack of focus or reminiscence issues and, mostly, Lyme arthritis.
Years earlier than the Lyme prognosis, Jonas had experienced symptoms of eczema. They appeared to worsen throughout this new well being battle.
“I … had eczema on my scalp, which was probably from the irritation [caused by Lyme disease],” stated Jonas. “The hair loss was very traumatic. I bought to a degree the place I wished to put on a wig.”
To compensate for her hair loss, Jonas started sporting extensions, however they pulled on her scalp and additional aggravated her eczema.
“I needed to exit and do issues with Kevin. I simply wished to really feel like myself,” she advised Mother and father.
A type of dermatitis, eczema is a noncontagious, inflammatory pores and skin situation that may trigger uncomfortable and itchy dry patches and rashes.
Eczema impacts 31 million Individuals — roughly 1 in 10 folks will develop it in some unspecified time in the future, according to the National Eczema Association.
It typically runs in households and is handed down genetically.
To assist handle and alleviate her eczema, Jonas went into “full detective mode,” taking inventory of the entire merchandise that got here into contact together with her pores and skin, together with her laundry detergent.
She discovered that switching to All detergent’s Free Clear cleaning soap made a major distinction, and she or he has since partnered with the model, which has the stamp of approval from the Nationwide Eczema Affiliation.
Danielle and Kevin, who’ve been married since 2009, are dad and mom to daughters Alena, 11, and Valentina, 8.
Whereas her personal journey with eczema has been painful, it has ready Jonas to navigate her kids’s flare-ups.
“They noticed all the pieces I went by way of, so the primary factor I inform them [when their eczema flares up] is, ‘That is going to cross.’”
To handle their signs, she advises her daughters to simplify their skincare routines and avoid following trends.
“I needed to reel Alena again in a bit of bit. In addition to eczema, she’s at all times had different pores and skin points, so conserving issues clear for her is necessary,” Jonas shared with Mother and father.
“Nonetheless, she will get mad as a result of she desires to have enjoyable with sure merchandise,” she added. “I inform her, ‘Nicely, would you like a flare-up or do you need to get it underneath management?’ That helps her come again down.”
Jonas joins different stars who’ve opened up about their battles with Lyme illness, together with Alexis Ohanian, Justin Timberlake, Bella Hadid and her mother, Yolanda, Shania Twain, UFC fighter Jim Miller, Avril Lavigne and Amy Schumer.
