Kim Kardashian gets emotional as she tests positive for lupus antibodies

Kim Kardashian West dabbed tears after a call from her doctor revealed that she has tested positive for lupus antibodies on Sunday night’s season premiere of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Kardashian West, 38, also tested positive for rheumatoid arthritis antibodies after experiencing some concerning symptoms in her hands and joints that prompted a visit to her doctor for a blood test.

Lupus is a long-term autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks normal, healthy tissue. Symptoms include inflammation, swelling, and damage to the joints, skin, kidneys, blood, heart and lungs. According to the Lupus Foundation of America, “Autoimmunity” means your immune system cannot tell the difference between these foreign invaders and your body’s healthy tissues (“auto” means “self”). As a result, it creates autoantibodies that attack and destroy healthy tissue.”

In the build-up to the doctor’s visit, viewers see Kim getting increasingly worried due to some concerning symptoms she had been experiencing.

I’ve been feeling so tired, so nauseous and my hands are really getting swollen,” she explains. “I feel like I literally am falling apart. My hands are numb.”

After a pregnancy test came back negative, she decided it was time to see a doctor. She also ruled out the possibility of the pain having something to do with her carpal tunnel syndrome.

Lately, my wrists are starting to hurt again but it’s definitely a different feeling,” she says. “I feel this in my bones. It’s starting to really worry me. I really have to look into this.”

Kim then speculated that “based on the symptoms, it looks like [she has] rheumatoid arthritis.” And so she scheduled the appointment to meet the doctor.

Her doctor also told her on the phone call that the results don’t automatically mean she has either lupus or rheumatoid arthritis because there can be false positives in the screenings.

Kardashian West scheduled a follow-up appointment but shared her fears after getting the news.

You know, you really do get in your head and think about the worst possible things that can happen,” she says. “So for the next few days, it’s going to be really hell … wondering what I have, what’s going on and how to fix this.”

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