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Gray anatomy star Camilla Luddington opens for the diagnosis of his recent hashimoto’s disease.
Luddington, 41, shared the news of her recent health terror during Wednesday’s chapter, August 6, “Call what it is” a podcast, which she is in agreement with Gray aum Jessica Capshaw.
The British -born actress detailed how she had been “feeling slothy” for some time before her blood work was done about two and a half months ago. “My doctor was like, ‘Everything looks great except for this one little thing.’ I remember hearing the words ‘autoimmune disease’ and thinking, ‘what was yf ***?’ ”He remembered Luddington.
Luddington said that her doctor had told her that she had a condition called Hashimoto Hyperthyroidism and made it very common. “In fact, when they said ‘autoimmune disease,’ I was really freaked out, and then when they said it was really common, I was like, ‘that sucked but right,'” he said.
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According to the Mayo clinicHashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune disorder that leads to the production of enough “hormones that help regulate many functions in the body.” Symptoms include sluggish, increased desire to sleep, drying skin and more sensitivity to cold.
Luddington said she had experienced some of these symptoms before she was diagnosed. “I knew something was up. Even when I had my blood, the doctor told me, ‘Is there anything specific you are worried about?’ And I said, ‘Look, I’m really tired all the time.
“It makes you feel tired and cool. It can make you foggy, depressed, you can get dry skin, your hair can be thin. Basically, you feel lovely with Hashimoto’s,” added the actress is sigh.
Luddington said his symptoms had gone so bad, “The point arrived, by 11am, he felt like I had choked some Penadryl and I needed to nap, and it didn’t matter how much sleep I had had the night before. There was no push all day.”
Camilla Luddington
ABC/Adam TaylorShe also said she woke up one day to find her “face and hands were actually swollen.”
“It was arriving at the point where I was like, ‘Wow, this is difficult to live like this.’ I didn’t realize how exhausted my body was, ”he continued.
After being diagnosed, Luddington said she “felt more calm about it and the relief was really huge.”
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The Gray Star – who has played Dr. Jo Wilson on the popular ABC medical drama since 2012 – now on the way to recovery, he said, after prescribing a medicine called levothyroxine, which is used to treat thyroid hormone deficiency.
“I’m still not normal,” said Luddington, but, “I feel much better. My energy is much better. I’m not so puffy anymore.”
