MANILA, Philippines — Kris Aquino gave a health update via her Instagram account as she is reportedly now in Houston, Texas to receive treatments for her rare autoimmune illnesses.
"I’ll miss you- my friends & followers very much. Time is now my enemy, naghahabol kami hoping na wala pang permanent damage to the blood vessels leading to my heart," the famed actress and TV host wrote in the caption.
Dr. Niño Gavino, her attending physician who's "an exceptional Filipino-American doctor who successfully diagnosed what's really wrong with [her] health," explained what Kris is going through.
The physician's statement was shared by Aquino: "We reviewed all her medical history and records from the Philippines and Singapore and made a primary working diagnosis of (EGPA, formerly known as Churg-Strauss Syndrome), based on her adult-onset asthma, high count of eosinophils (more that 10%), paranasal sinusitis, transient pulmonary inflitrates."
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA), according to US academic medical center Cleveland Clinic, is an extremely rare autoimmune condition that causes inflammation of small and medium-sized blood vessels.