10 Celebs With Conditions That Will Shock You

Apr 13, 2014 1:00 pm

The lives of our favorite celebrities might seem absolutely perfect in every way, but what's totally shocking is a handful of them are dealing with some pretty serious illnesses and disabilities. From having organ transplants to suffering from incurable skin diseases, the stars who have these conditions will make your jaw drop.

Click through the gallery to see what illnesses celebs like Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan and Bella Thorne have, then let us know which ones you had no idea about in the comments below!

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Selena Gomez was forced to cancel part of her Stars Dance tour because of lupus, the autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with a couple years ago. She's reportedly suffered from more "flares" recently, which are incredibly uncomfortable. They not only cause facial swelling and extreme tiredness, but also headaches and joint pain.

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Liam Payne had been suffering from a kidney problem since he was a kid, but in 2012 he excitedly tweeted the good news about the condition after he went to the hospital for a check-up, saying, "Just been for an ultrasound on my kidney turns out its fixed from when I was a baby!!! 😮 so now I have two J #weirdnewsoftheday."

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When Bella Thorne started first grade, she said it was awful because she couldn't read as well as the other kids. The reason? She found out she has dyslexia. The Shake it Up star had to work extra hard to become a better reader and writer, but the work paid off because her first novel is coming out in November!

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Demi Lovato struggled with eating disorders, but didn't know that she had bipolar disorder until she went in for treatment. In an interview, she said her periods of excitement from the disorder gave her so much energy that she would stay up all night, writing up to seven songs by 5:30 in the morning.

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Niall Horan recently had knee surgery for a problem he's been battling his entire life. Evidently his knee has dislocated for years, which is very uncomfortable and painful to deal with. Hopefully the problem has been solved!

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Miley Cyrus' non-life-threatening condition, tachycardia, makes her heart rhythm go a lot faster than the average person's heart. In her autobiography, Miles to Go, she opened up about the illness, saying, "The type of tachycardia I have isn't dangerous. It won't hurt me, but it does bother me. There is never a time onstage when I'm not thinking about my heart."

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Nick Jonas found out he has type 1 diabetes in 2005. Before he was diagnosed, he said he had all the usual symptoms — weight loss, being thirsty and going to the bathroom all the time. Luckily, the Jonas Brother star hasn't let the illness stop him and has used his story to inspire others.

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Katy Perry revealed she has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in an interview with Z100's Elvis Duran, saying, "I am so OCD. I always want to put things in alphabetical order."

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Sarah Hyland has been struggling with kidney disease since she was nine years old, saying, "I would be in a lot of pain a lot of the time. If I didn’t get, like, 12 hours of sleep, It felt, like — It felt, like, none at all." The actress had to search for an organ donor once the pain got worse and ended up having the transplant surgery in 2012.

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When Kim Kardashian broke out in red patches all over her body, she had no idea what was going on. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star found out she has psoriasis, an incurable skin disease that causes skin redness and irritation.