Girls creator and star Lena Dunham has revealed that she has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
The 33-year-old took to social media to explain the condition, after paparazzi photos were published of her walking with a cane.
"An Ehler-Danlos syndrome flare means that I need support from more than just my friends... so thank you, sweet cane!" she wrote on Instagram. "For years, I resisted doing anything that would make my physical situation easier, insisting that a cane would 'make things weird.' But it's so much less weird to actually be able to participate than to stay in bed all day."
She went on to defend her choice of wearing her nightgown in public, as she was en route to the doctor and wanted to be "full cozy."
"I mean, didn't Bieber wear hotel slippers for like five years?" she continued. "Yeah, so I can wear my glamour nighty for two hours. And then an hour later, I'm in a meeting look tackling the job I love."
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is described by the U.S. National Library of Medicine as "a group of disorders that affect connective tissues supporting the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many other organs and tissues."
Read her full post below.
Dunham has previously been candid about her health challenges, publicly discussing her battle with endometriosis and mental health.
The 33-year-old took to social media to explain the condition, after paparazzi photos were published of her walking with a cane.
"An Ehler-Danlos syndrome flare means that I need support from more than just my friends... so thank you, sweet cane!" she wrote on Instagram. "For years, I resisted doing anything that would make my physical situation easier, insisting that a cane would 'make things weird.' But it's so much less weird to actually be able to participate than to stay in bed all day."
She went on to defend her choice of wearing her nightgown in public, as she was en route to the doctor and wanted to be "full cozy."
"I mean, didn't Bieber wear hotel slippers for like five years?" she continued. "Yeah, so I can wear my glamour nighty for two hours. And then an hour later, I'm in a meeting look tackling the job I love."
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is described by the U.S. National Library of Medicine as "a group of disorders that affect connective tissues supporting the skin, bones, blood vessels, and many other organs and tissues."
Read her full post below.
Dunham has previously been candid about her health challenges, publicly discussing her battle with endometriosis and mental health.