Bella hadid opens up about lyme disease the 23 year old model re-shared a graphic about lyme disease on instagram which she has openly grappled with for years under a list of symptoms bella writes the truth the invisible disease in another graphic she adds every day i feel at least 10 of these attributes without fail since i was probably 14 but more aggressively since i was 18 she goes on to point at specific symptoms including muscle cramps numbness and others during a 2017 interview with porter magazine for instance.
She talked about a time when she couldn’t get out of bed for six days my brain would get all foggy and i couldn’t see she told the publication that was the hardest time of my life she’s not the only hadith to suffer from the bacterial disease both her mother yolanda and brother anwar struggle with the ailment as well bella was first diagnosed with the disease back in 2012 and gave up her dream of professional writing as a result in 2016 she spoke about the global lyme alliance where she received an award for raising awareness about the disease she said life isn’t always what it looks like on the outside and the hardest part of this journey is to be judged by the way you look instead of the way you feel.