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By walking on the red carpet for the first of his last film, Your place or mine ,, Ashton Kutcher said he had a little trouble understanding who said what. "I don't hear very well. I am hard of hearing in one ear and I can only hear in the other, "he recently revealed On the Podcast Chicks in Office.

Kutcher's difficulty is a consequence of his battle against vasculitis, an autoimmune disorder that affects blood vessels and can cause lasting damage to organs. "I woke up one day and I was Have vision problems , could barely see, "he explained the first episode of Control with Dr. David Agus . "Had my hearing, which threw my balance, my balance, and I couldn't walk."

Better life Talked to a doctor to discover what vasculitis does exactly to your body and what its first symptoms are. Read the rest to find out what to monitor - and which is most at risk.

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"Vasculitis occurs when a person's blood vessels become ignited and damaged, which leads to a decrease in blood flow and damage to organs", " Ryan Peterson , MD, the medical director of Nuview Treatment Center explain. "What is worrying in this disease is that it can affect any type of blood vessel in the human body, whether it is the smallest capillary or the largest artery, which is the aorta." AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

In the case of Kutcher, the first symptom of vasculitis was A severe headache , he said in an interview with Squire . After two weeks of incessant pain, his wife, actor Mila Kunis , said: "Something is not going" and urged her to go to the doctor.

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Kutcher said Squire Doctors took a while to achieve a diagnosis - which says that Peterson is not unusual. "The challenge with vasculitis is that symptoms can be non-specific or not pathognomonic, which means that symptoms are not exactly revealing signs that a person has vasculitis," he said Better life .

And what types of symptoms could indicate a case of vasculitis? "The first signs of vasculitis are pseudo-Grippal symptoms such as fatigue and fever," explains Peterson. "Other symptoms may include joint pain, rashes and swollen limbs."

"People who have compromised immune systems and people with certain autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus (LED), rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory intestine disease (IBS) have chances of vasculitis development "Explains Peterson. "Having family history of vasculitis is also a considerable risk factor."

Peterson notes that several other factors can also increase the risk of developing vasculitis, including smoking, certain infections and drugs and drug use.

"Current vasculitis treatments include corticosteroids, immunosuppressants and anti-inflammatory drugs so that the body does not attach more normal non-disease blood vessels," he explains. "In serious cases, surgery may even be necessary to repair damaged blood vessels to avoid other complications."

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In the Squire Interview, Kutcher explained that after recovering from his fight with vasculitis, he did not plan to talk about his health difficulties. But when the news of his diagnosis was released - after a conversation on the adventure series on which he played, Wild running with Bear Grylls: the challenge , was broadcast against his wishes - he made peace with it.

"At the end of the day, I have to look at it and say to myself:" Okay, well, maybe it had to go out. "Maybe someone will see that and go," oh, it is useful to me in a way knowing this, "he said Squire .