Many fans don’t know Mauricio Umansky was diagnosed with a rare disease called neutropenia when he was six months old, per Bravo. According to Mayo Clinic, neutropenia occurs when the body doesn’t produce enough neutrophils, a type of white blood cell, leaving the body susceptible to infections. The disease left Umansky’s immune system weakened, and he often had to be hospitalized during the first few years of his life.
Umansky’s mother, Dr. Estella Sneider, gave a detailed account on Facebook of how his disease affected him and their family. She described how Umansky was born premature and wrote, “From the moment he was born, he had fluctuating above normal temperatures, diarrhea, and inguinal hernias (tissue that bulges out of a weak spot in the abdominal wall).” Umansky underwent surgery at just one month old, and at six months, his doctor informed Sneider that he may have neutropenia, which was later confirmed at Texas Children’s Hospital.
Over the course of four years, Umansky was hospitalized several times, and Sneider explained that he “only had a 3% cure rate on his side for overcoming the disease.” Miraculously, after he was four years old, Umansky did overcome neutropenia and went on to live a healthy life.
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