WWE star Omos opened up about his medical issues. More news at http://www.wrestlingnews.co
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00:00WWE superstar Omos has revealed the life-threatening medical conditions he battles.
00:06Stressing an early diagnosis in college was critical, stating I'd have been dead otherwise.
00:11Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Omos detailed his unique case.
00:15So it's kind of similar to what Andre the Giant had.
00:18It's called acromegaly.
00:19I think Big Show has it as well, but mine is kind of unique.
00:22Because I have acromegaly, I also have gigantism, and I have what you call partial Cushing's disease.
00:28I have all three combined, and it was the first time in endocrine history that they found a patient that has all three combined.
00:35So I'm a really, really rare case, to the point where they had a journal published about my case.
00:40He explained the severe dangers involved.
00:42Once you keep on growing your heart, your organs keep on growing too.
00:45Then it's cardiac arrest and things of sort.
00:47My body produces too many growth hormones, so I have to take a medication to stop my body from using the growth hormones so that I don't get any bigger.
00:54However, Omos discovered the issue at 18, after an MRI revealed a pituitary tumor.
00:59Doctors delivered a stark warning.
01:00You see this little dot right here?
01:02You have a pituitary tumor.
01:03Either you're going to go blind, or you're going to have a heart attack.
01:06So they said, we need to get this fixed now.
01:09During the interview, Omos also discussed several other topics, including his absence from WWE TV.
01:15Check out the entire interview on Chris Van Vliet's YouTube.
01:18We'll see you next time.