Ashton Kutcher suffered a health problem that left him almost unable to see or walk, and he was close to not recovering.
The career of popular actor Ashton Kutcher was close to ending abruptly and not because of a personal decision. The star of That 70's Show, among many other works, born 44 years ago in Iowa, USA, suffered a rare illness that left him unable to see or walk.
Despite his youth and good health, a star who has not had problems with harmful drugs or extreme behavior, life sometimes surprises with these types of unforeseen events.
It turns out that Kutcher was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called vasculitis, an inflammation of the wall of blood vessels that can lead to the closure of some, putting different organs at risk. It has more than 20 different types, the less specific or common they are, the less treatment they find. Some barely generate a skin reaction that is easy to treat, but in serious cases like the actor's they can cause irreversible damage, affecting the central nervous system, lungs, eyes, and ears.
In Ashton's case, although it was not specified by the actor himself, his vasculitis must have affected the central or peripheral nervous system, affecting the nerves that transmit to the extremities, and then affecting his mobility.
It was the same actor who recounted his experience on the program of the famous National Geographic adventurer, Bear Grylls, during one of his programs. "Three years ago I had a strange, super rare form of vasculitis, which destroyed my vision, my hearing, and my balance. You don't really appreciate your senses until you lose them until you think 'I don't know if I'll be able to see again, hear again.', walk again. I'm lucky to be alive,'" the actor told the program.
After these statements were released, it was the actor himself who indicated that he is completely recovered, although the treatment of the disease requires monitoring of the patient for the rest of his life, ensuring that it does not manifest itself again and, if it does, , take the appropriate actions as soon as possible, since early diagnosis facilitates its cure.
Ashton Kutcher had to undergo treatment for a year to definitively overcome it, during which time his career could have been cut short, and with it, a large part of the actor's quality of life.
