Shortly after her wedding and newly pregnant, Yuzlina Yaacob developed pus-filled blisters all over her body. She shares with CNA Women the struggles of living with generalised pustular psoriasis, a painful lifelong autoimmune disease that affects the skin, and how she went on to have several children and get a mast
After her diagnosis, she felt she was unable to continue working and resigned from her job as a marketing executive. Things worsened from the third month of pregnancy, when she became bedridden.
“When I arrived for my appointment, the nurses or doctors would be shocked and afraid when they saw my condition. They would ask what happened. So I had to tell them the same story again and again,” she said. During her second pregnancy, Yuzlina pushed through her painful skin condition to complete her master’s degree.
“I have always wanted to have a big family. So I told myself I would overcome these challenges and get stronger,” she said.Sadly, a year later, during a family holiday in Indonesia, the child fell down from a height of 10 steps, and passed away.
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