Mayo Clinic describes the ailment as a “skin reaction that causes itchy welts”. The condition, which is said to be caused by allergies, appears in form of swellings or patches on the skin and can last for several months or years if chronic.
The actress stated that the condition has challenged her “physically, mentally and psychologically” for three years and counting.
“It’s been 3 years I’ve had to deal with this condition, it’s one of the worst things I’ve been through in my life. I’m not bedridden physically but Urticaria has physically, mentally, and psychologically challenged me, even with my career.
“I wake up every day with a zeal to live which is why I believe I have overcome this demon. I’m not dying today! That is my everyday spirit and I go through my day like the warrior goddess that I am,” she wrote via Instagram on Friday.
Sharing a video of herself exercising with a treadmill, the actress disclosed that she had to stop working out for over a year because she mostly broke out with hives after sessions.
The 36-year-old revealed that she has decided to return to the gym despite her condition in order to, among other reasons, “inspire” people suffering from the ailment.
She wrote in the captions, “So after 1 and a half year of not working out due to attacks I get every day, and how intense I break out after workouts, and very low energy I have every day. I’m back in the Gym like I never left! I have 3 Reasons Why!
“1, Not because I hate my new body, but because I want to contour it at the right places.
“2. Because I want to get back to modelling my clothes for @bodygangsocietyy effortlessly and feel awesome in it.
“3. Because I wish to inspire soo many men and women like me who are Urticaria sufferers, I want to give you hope!”
