A look into Kim Kardashian’s health issues, including brain aneurysm

The reality TV star learned she was diagnosed with psoriasis when she visited her dermatologist in a 2011 episode Keeping up with the Kardashians. Her sister Khloé Kardashian thought it was ringworm at the time.

“It’s not ringworm. Khloé was gone,” her doctor said. “But it’s psoriasis.”

According to Kim, Kris Jenner has “always” had the same condition.

“I mean, my career consists of ad campaigns and swimsuit photo shoots,” the KKW Beauty mogul said in a confessional. “People don’t understand the pressure on me to look perfect. If I gain a pound, it will be in the headlines. Imagine what the tabloids would do to me if they saw all these spots?”

In the years since, she has battled the skin condition and suffered flare-ups, including an episode of psoriatic arthritis in 2019 that left her without the use of her hands.

In a 2024 Instagram Story update, Kim posted a video of her leg covered in cream and plastic wrap due to a psoriasis flare-up.

“My little heart-shaped psoriasis is still there, but one night of intensive cream and Saran Wrap changes everything,” she said. “It’s still there, of course, but the severe itching goes away, so I have to do that twice a week.”