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Updated · Fox News · Aug 20

Carrie Ann Inaba Details Flight Medical Emergency at 58 as Sjögren's Left Her in Constant Pain

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Aug 20

Carrie Ann Inaba Details Flight Medical Emergency at 58 as Sjögren's Left Her in Constant Pain

Q: What hidden triggers caused the terrifying mid-air medical emergency that recently struck the glamorous television judge?

There is no confirmed public explanation that identified a single hidden trigger behind Carrie Ann Inaba’s mid-air medical emergency. What she has publicly described is a sudden episode on a flight to New York in April in which she felt sick, broke into a cold sweat, became dizzy and experienced numbness in her arms, before being treated with fluids after landing. Based on the reporting, the most plausible contributing factors are dehydration, exhaustion, and the broader effects of her Sjögren’s disease rather than one clearly established cause. That autoimmune disease is known to cause severe fatigue, pain, dryness, and in some patients neurologic or autonomic symptoms that can include lightheadedness, abnormal sweating, tingling or numbness. The available coverage does not say doctors definitively linked the incident to Sjögren’s, and there is no evidence in the material provided of a stroke, heart attack, or another diagnosed emergency cause. The fact that she was treated with fluids suggests dehydration or a circulatory episode may have been suspected, but that remains an inference, not a confirmed diagnosis. So the “hidden triggers” appear to be the less visible burdens she has been describing for years: chronic autoimmune illness, energy depletion, and possible dehydration or flare-related symptoms that were not apparent beneath her polished television image.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 20

Carrie Ann Inaba said a recent flight to New York turned into a medical emergency when she broke into a cold sweat, became dizzy and felt her arms go numb before asking for help.
The 58-year-old "Dancing with the Stars" judge linked the episode to Sjögren's disease, saying the autoimmune condition leaves her "always in pain" and can affect far more than dry eyes and mouth.
Inaba said a flight attendant and a doctor on board assisted her, and paramedics took her to a hospital after landing; she received fluids and was later released.
At Televerse 26, she said doctors took 10 years to diagnose her and another 10 to 15 years for her to accept it, adding that managing her energy now shapes what work and daily activities she can take on.