Active star Katerina Jacob: I withdraw because of illness!

Active star Katerina Jacob: I withdraw because of illness!

Katerina Jacob, the 67-year-old actress, who is known to many from the series “Bulle von Tölz”, withdraws from the acting business due to health problems. The decision follows a breast cancer diagnosis that she received in 2022. Her health has increasingly deteriorated since then and, among other things, includes shingles that she suffered after particularly stressful filming and the loss of her beloved bitch Sweet. Jacob expresses concerns about the high loads that her career brings.

"Ten days of night, otherwise shooting in the morning at 8 a.m., twelve hours a day", she describes the hectic everyday work, which has further tightened her condition. During an annual cancer examination, three harmless points were also discovered in their right breast. This situation forces you to drastically adapt your working hours and plans to reduce it to a maximum of eleven hours a day.

health restrictions

Your health difficulties are not only limited to cancer. During her chemotherapy, her thyroid was destroyed, which means that she suffers from Hashimoto. In addition, she has increased in weight and works intensively with a team of specialists on her weight loss. The strict diet that she has to keep leaves hardly any scope: no carbohydrates or sugar, just one egg per week.

Katerina Jacob, who describes herself as a vegetarian, is now forced to consume more meat. Another challenge is your intolerance to lactose and gluten. The combination of your health problems is exhausting; In the past, she even had a life -threatening blood pressure from 360 to 270.

Influence of diseases on the life of prominent women

The retreat of Katerina Jacob is reminiscent of the challenges that other prominent women also look forward to. For example, the Oscar winner Angelina Jolie announced in 2013 that she had both breasts amputated to prevent a genetically related breast cancer. Her decision was too much concern among women in Germany, who also worried about their health. University clinics in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Münster reported on an increase in inquiries concerned women who were looking for advice on their own health.

Jolie himself later announced that he was also removed the ovaries in order to continue to minimize her risk of cancer. Such public decisions contribute to raising awareness of health risks and promoting the discussion about preventive measures, which can be seen as a kind of calming work in the consulting centers.