Brian Austin Inexperienced described his current well being challenges as a 'actual tough expertise' in a brand new interview, including that it might be 'debilitating' at occasions.
Brian Austin Inexperienced revealed he’s affected by ulcerative colitis, inflicting a dramatic weight reduction. The actor, 48, misplaced “like 20 kilos” he confirmed in an interview on Good Morning America that aired on Thursday, Might 19. Brian mentioned he had “handled ulcerative colitis a couple of occasions,” however added this spherical was “an actual tough expertise.”
"So long as I can preserve issues inside my system that my physique would not assume I am poisoning it with … then it would not combat again." @withBAGpod and @SharnaBurgess confide in @kayleehartung concerning the actor's current battle with ulcerative colitis. https://t.co/qrwjBZayIgpic.twitter.com/Okwrh2JQ73
— Good Morning America (@GMA) Might 19, 2022
Ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune situation that can also be a sort of irritable bowel illness (IBD). It could possibly trigger each irritation and ulcers within the rectum and huge gut per Net MD. Different signs embody diarrhea blended with blood and extreme belly ache main extra results prefer to fever, anemia and weight reduction.
Brian has been coping with the illness amid Sharna Burgess‘ first being pregnant, which the couple introduced in Feb. 2022. Sharna, 36, has since confirmed that the pair predict a boy.
“Sharna had by no means skilled it in any respect,” he mentioned within the interview. “Sharna was superb. Six, seven months pregnant, caring for my three younger youngsters as a result of I used to be fairly bedridden for some time,” he mentioned, referencing youngsters Noah, 9, Bodhi, 8, and Journey, 5, with ex-wife Megan Fox.
“I didn’t understand how debilitating it was till I noticed him and watched weight drop off him,” the pregnant Dancing With The Stars alum defined.
Brian, who's greatest identified for his position on Beverly Hills, 90210 and the 2019 spinoff, additionally shared the steps he’s taken to get higher — together with going dairy and gluten free “as a lot as doable” to assist with flare-ups which saved him in mattress for all of April.
“It’s actually simply dietary, like, so long as I can preserve issues inside my system that my physique doesn’t assume I’m poisoning it with, then it doesn’t combat again,” he added. “I might eat meals, and actually it was like, my physique didn’t course of any of that. So then, whenever you begin taking part in meet up with, like, staying on high of being hydrated sufficient, that’s such a battle.”