Angelina Jolie reveals shocking new medical condition
Angelina Jolie has revealed in a new interview with Vanity Fair that she’s been suffering from two new health issues.
The actress was diagnosed with hypertension and Bell’s palsy last year, after a very public split with Brad Pitt.
“It’s just been the hardest time, and we’re just kind of coming up for air,” Jolie told Vanity Fair in the new interview. “We’re all trying to do our best to heal our family.”
Jolie has since recovered from Bell’s Palsy, which caused one side of her face to droop as a result of facial nerve damage.
“Sometimes women in families put themselves last,” she said, “until it manifests itself in their own health.”
In 2013, Jolie underwent a preventative double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery after testing positive for the BRCA1 gene, a mutation of the gene that increases a woman's lifetime risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. In March 2015, she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. She said she immediately went into menopause.
“I can’t tell if it’s menopause or if it’s just been the year I’ve had,” Jolie joked about the past year.