This influencer shares her active life. Offline, she's fighting for treatment of a painful condition.

Influencer Aurora McCausland has lipedema, a painful disorder causing fat buildup. Her doctor said a surgery could fix it, but her insurance has refused to cover it.

A scroll through Aurora McCausland’s wildly popular social media accounts — she has more than 300,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram — shows an active young mom dancing, cleaning and tackling major renovation projects in her Utah home.

Behind the scenes, though, is a painful reality: McCausland has lipedema, a progressive and debilitating disease that causes fat in connective tissue to build up disproportionately, most often in the legs, ankles and hips.

She said her legs throb with pain, swell unpredictably and feel heavy, like they’re filled with cement. It’s a major source of frustration for the mother of two young children. Standing up can cause her to black out.

“Things that I feel like I should be able to do cause pain pretty quickly, and then I kind of have to tap out,” said McCausland, 30, of West Valley City, Utah. “Getting down to play with my kids is really hard.”

Aurora McCausland first noticed symptoms of lipedema as a teenager. It took more than a decade for her to be diagnosed.Courtesy Aurora McCauslandShe’s tried to manage the pain with compression garments, lymphatic drainage and anti-inflammatory diets.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/insurance-influencer-aurora-mccausland-lipedema-surgery-rcna217261


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