Camilla Luddington announces her diagnosis of Hashimoto’s disease

“Two and a half months ago, I had a blood test. When my results returned, my doctor said to me: “All is well, apart from a little thing.” In the latest issue of her podcast “Call It What It is” on Wednesday August 6, Camilla Luddington, well known to fans of the series “Grey’s Anatomy”, in which she interpreted Doctor Jo Wilson, said that Hashimoto’s disease had recently been diagnosed. “I freaked a little,” said the British actress.

Autoimmune disease, Hashimoto thyroiditis is chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland located in the throat. It is caused by antibodies of the organism which attack the cells of the thyroid and disturb the functioning of the latter. It is reflected in particular by a fatigue and a sensitivity exacerbated in the cold. This disease affects an average of five out of 100, and women are ten times more than men to suffer from it.

Once the initial shock has passed, the 41 -year -old actress says she was relieved to know what was wrong, she who couldn’t understand why she was so tired. “At 11 am, I wanted to take a nap, regardless of the number of hours of sleep I had the previous night. Impossible to hold on all day, “she said at the microphone, explaining that she first put her exhaustion on the account of her age and the fact that she has two children. “I said to myself: that’s the forties.”

Hashimoto’s disease is generally treated with levothyroxine, a synthetic substitution hormone that must be taken in the long term, even for life. This replaces the thyroid hormone which is no longer produced in sufficiency, which makes it possible to relieve symptoms. Like all autoimmune pathologies, Hashimoto’s disease cannot be healed.