The not-so-secret health struggles of Mormon Wives

The Book of Strife and Healing?With season 5 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” premiering on Hulu today, fans are in for plenty of drama — and dirty soda.While the stars remain tight-lipped about some parts of their lives, they’re perfectly candid about others — including their health.The ladies have opened up about everything from mental health troubles to autoimmune disorders to surgeries, speaking in candid confessionals and social media posts about what they’re going through.The bottom line? #MomTok is definitely surviving this.Over the course of three years, what Matthews initially thought was a eczema flare-up spiraled into a terrifying autoimmune disease that turned her life upside down.The 26-year-old had struggled with chronic eczema since childhood.But in 2023, she shared the skin condition spread to her face after getting breast implants.She had them taken out, but her skin continued to flare up, causing more than changes to her appearance.

Her skin symptoms were accompanied with debilitating pain and physical exhaustion — something a mom of four definitely doesn’t need added to her plate.For years, she struggled to get a diagnosis, but in March she put a name to her condition: chronic inflammatory response syndrome, or CIRS.This is inflammation across multiple organ systems, in response to mold, fungi or other toxins.“It is not an allergy, but a dysfunction of your immune system due to genetics that you are born with,” Dr.

Alan W.Gruning, President and Medical Director of the International Center for Health and Wellness, told The Post.

“It results in chronic inflammation and a host of symptoms that can be misdiagnosed and misinterpreted.”Matthews believes hers was brought on by mold, saying it “ruined just everything in my body.Nerves, skin, hair, brain, gut, liver, hormones, etc.”“Nobody is ever going to understand the impact [of] chronic illness and skin condition[s] and the way that it has completely, completely...