Em Rusciano, a beloved comedian, revealed that she was rushed to the hospital due to a rare health scare.
“Story time,” Rusciano posted on her Instagram story. “I’m in hospital. I’m okay.”
She went on to explain how she “developed something called rhabdomyolysis (rhadbo),” which led to her “muscles (biceps to be exact) got so damaged that they started leaking into my blood,” which then put her “kidneys under pressure.”
“I’m okay, but I essentially went too hard at the gym and caused some muscle death,” she added. “As one does…”
In a later post, she revealed that the rhadbo occurred because she was doing pull ups.
“My biceps are still pretty swollen, and I can’t straighten my arms yet,’ she wrote.
Em Rusciano Joked That She Feels Like She’s The ‘New Zoo Exhibit’
GettyIn another post on her Instagram story, Rusciano revealed that the doctors told her they had never seen this happen before.
“Doctors have literally been coming and talking to me for fun, because they’ve not seen this happen to someone like me ever,” she wrote. “I’m like a new zoo exhibit. My creatinine numbers were 45,000, and normal is below 5000. I know pride is the wrong emotion here.”
Em Rusciano Has Been Very Open About Her ADHD & Autism Diagnosis
In an interview with Body and Soul, Rusciano opened up about her autism and ADHD diagnoses, detailing her entire journey.
“I think it saved my life,” she told the outlet. “It’s a huge game-changer. From the moment I became cognisant, from a three-year-old, I remember being told: ‘Gee, you talk a lot. Gosh, you’re loud. You’ve got a lot of opinions! Be quiet, shush, shush!'”
She added that she felt “all these little shames” due to these comments and would try to reinvent herself or “make myself smaller, make other people comfortable, to make the world more comfortable with me.” But when she was diagnosed, it allowed her to realize that some of the things that she struggled with wasn’t because she’s ” a terrible person,” but instead it’s “part of your wiring.”
“And it gives you permission to maybe start putting in some stuff in your life that makes you feel less badly about yourself,” Rusciano said.
In October 2025, she released her memoir, Blood, Sweat and Glitter, which she refers to as a “coming-of-middle-age story,” where she opened up about her diagnoses in a humorous way.
