Francia Raisa is giving followers a brand new well being replace.

After lately celebrating her thirty fifth birthday, the How I Met Your Father star shared on Instagram that she has been recognized with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

“My pal wrote a e-book about PCOS,” she wrote in an Instagram Story Monday subsequent to a photograph with Dwelling With PCOS: Street To Reversal creator Candice Craig. “I even have PCOS and nonetheless studying how you can dwell with it. Thanks for this @candice.”

Whereas Raisa didn’t share particulars about her analysis, the Cleveland Clinic explains on its web site that the situation develops when one’s ovaries create extra hormones which results in “unusually excessive ranges” of androgens.

On account of the hormonal imbalance, people with PCOS typically expertise unpredictable ovulation, irregular menstrual cycles, and missed intervals. Though the reason for the situation is unknown, the clinic explains that people who’re recognized with the dysfunction could also be at increased danger for different well being situations, corresponding to diabetes and hypertension.

Craig shared in a previous Instagram submit that the inspiration behind her new e-book, which was launched on Monday, got here after her personal PCOS analysis.

“This e-book is extra than simply phrases on paper, it’s my reality, my struggles, and my triumphs, wrapped in a single. I bear in mind the times when PCOS had me feeling defeated, questioning if there was any hope for change,” she wrote subsequent to a group of pictures and movies from her private well being journey. “However in my darkest moments, I discovered a spark that led me onto this path of therapeutic. I actually requested you guys what you want to find out about my findings whereas on this journey and also you instructed me what you want so I put it multi functional place for you. That is one thing I want I had when 1st being recognized.”

Different celebrities which were open about their PCOS analysis embrace Bebe Rexha, Lea Michele, Keke Palmer, and Romee Strijd.

Raisa has typically been open about her well being since donating a kidney to Selena Gomez in 2017.

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“I couldn’t do something energetic,” she shared concerning the restoration course of throughout a chat present look in 2018. “All I might do was stroll. That was very arduous for me, and I’ve a canine. Day by day the factor I stay up for is consuming my espresso, and strolling, and I couldn’t try this. It was actually, actually arduous.”