WhenKim Kardashian Westwent through a health crisis earlier this year, she confided in her grandmotherMary Jo “MJ” Campbell.

In a bonus scene from season 17 ofKeeping Up with the Kardashiansreleased on Friday, Kardashian West, 39, sits down with MJ, 85, to explain her symptoms.

At the time, the mom of four feared she had lupus, an inflammatory autoimmune disease, or rheumatoid arthritis, another incurable autoimmune disorder that causes chronic pain and inflammation. She was eventuallydiagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, an incurable, inflammatory condition that affects some people whohave psoriasis on their skin, as does the reality star. Luckily, it’smore manageable, with milder flares of joint pain, stiffness and swelling.

“I woke up a few weeks ago and my hands were really stiff,” she tells MJ in the clip. “It was really weird, they felt different. I went to go get my phone and I couldn’t — my hands were kind of numb. The next day I woke up and I literally couldn’t lift my toothbrush, I couldn’t take my bra off, I couldn’t zip my pants up.”

At the time, Kardashian West was expecting her fourth child withKanye West, sonPsalm, via surrogate.

“That’s how I feel when I go to pick up your babies,” MJ says. “But you’re too young for this.”

Kardashian Westwent on medicationto treat her psoriatic arthritis, she revealed on theTodayshow in September.

“I unfortunately had to be put on medication to stop the symptoms,” she said at time. “I tried everything natural for the longest time and we chose the best route for me, so luckily, right now everything is under control.”

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Still, she said the uncertainty of her diagnosis was tough to handle.

“Autoimmune issues are really scary,” she said. “When you get a diagnosis — and I didn’t realize I was one of those people, but before I knew what it was, when it was really up in the air, you get in your head and you think of every worst possibility of what’s going to happen and how you’re going to live your life.”

A premiere date for season 18 ofKUWTKhas not yet been announced.

source: people.com