He was raised by his remarkable mother, moving to Australia, then the Upper West Side of New York City, only to settle in Toronto, where a technologically advanced children's hospital was able to cure young Keanu's rare blood disease.

Anyone heard of this before and/or know which disease this was ?

Hmmm... :-/

Edit: Is my memory failing me (like it always does...) or did somebody mention somewhere some time ago that Keanu seems to wear too much clothing for the weather/temperature, because of something to do with his blood? That is, that he feels cold because of thin blood or something suchlike?

Here's a thought: could a person feel cold if there aren't enough red blood cells in the blood? That would decrease the blood's ability to transport oxygen, right? I don't know if it would cause a person to feel cold, though.

Both onions and chocolate can cause something called Heinz-body hemolytic anemia, where the red blood cells walls become weak and then rupture. There's no actual loss of blood, but the dog will nevertheless show symptoms of anemia, including paleness, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat, fatigue, and they feel cold.

However, I have never heard of humans suffering from this, and I don't think it's caused by anything except oral intake of certain foodstuffs or medicine.

What you said about blood circulation, though, might be a clue. People who smoke have decreased blood circulation, don't they? Especially to the arms and legs, amirite? One of my sisters smokes, and she often complains about how her hands and feet are cold.

we read a lot about keanu ( even thanks to the wonderful Ani's Archive) and we have never read anything about some "blood desease" but this article.

for me only one source is only one source, "almost nothing", maybe a clue, nothing more that, it's far to be a piece of evidence. clues ( like news) need verifications or other coherent clues to have consistence.

until proved otherwise, it's a story like others we have read in the last 25 years...

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chocolate can cause something called Heinz-body hemolytic anemia, where the red blood cells walls become weak and then rupture

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I knew the chocolate could be dangerous for dogs but I can't figure in this way...:O my Billy ( one of my dogs) has a sweet tooth :(

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What you said about blood circulation, though, might be a clue. People who smoke have decreased blood circulation, don't they? Especially to the arms and legs

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Smoking causes peripheral artery disease which means arteries become narrow and allow less blood to pass through.This problem can target many areas of body but mostly legs.So smoking could be explanation,but not necesseraly.There are people, like Arya mentioned, who just have different feeling of outside temperature.I`d like to believe this is Keanu`s case and he`s just fine.

I'm agree with Chiara and Arya about people with different feeling of temperature.

I guess that's the most logical explanation. I just wanted to know if people had heard of this before, since it was the first (and so far only) time I saw this mentioned.

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I always got the impression he wears blazers all the time because he needs a pocket to carry those cigarettes.

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... or maybe he was just pulling the journalist's leg ? ;)

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... or maybe he was just pulling the journalist's leg ? ;)

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That's definitely a possibility. He must be so bored with always answering the same questions about his childhood.

But then there's this line from an interview published in the Vanity Fair edition of August 1995 : Twenty months ago, after more than eight years of fighting her illness, Kim went into remission.
Other articles mention that Kim was first diagnosed with leukemia in 2002, but then the above line doesn't make sense.

so... I don't know. extremely dark humor? wishing there were such a cure?