If she embodies a doctor renowned in the series “Grey’s Anatomy”, and this for over 13 years, Camilla Luddington must now go through health problems. At 41, the actress, a mother of two, has just been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease unknown to the general public: Hashimoto’s disease.
“A little creepy”, she evokes her diagnosis
In the latest episode of her podcast “Call It What It is”, which she co-hosts with actress Jessica Capshaw, she says: “It is still very recent. Two and a half months ago, I did a blood test. When my results came back, my doctor said:” All is well, apart from a little thing “.”
A scary response to Camilla Luddington, who remembers: “I heard the words” Autoimmune disease “, and I said to myself:” But what? “Then he explained to me that I had something called Hashimoto’s thyrodoïdite, and that it was not that rare. But I was a little creepy.”
What is Hashimoto’s disease?
According to the MSD health manual, Hashimoto’s disease, also called Hashimoto or autoimmune thyroidite thyrodite, is “chronic autoimmune inflammation of the thyroid.” “Hashimoto thyroiditis is due to an autoimmune reaction by which antibodies of the organism attack the cells of the thyroid. First, thyroid can work normally, be hypoactive (hypothyroidism) or, in rare cases, hyperactive (hyperthyroidism). Most people end up developing a hypothyroid The book.
In general, hypothyroidism causes fatigue and an inability to endure the cold, and people who suffer from it must take a thyroid hormone for life.
Furthermore: “Hashimoto thyroiditis is more frequent in women, especially in elderly women, and is often hereditary”, specifies the medical manual.
For its part, the Cleveland clinic, in the United States, specifies that the disease affects an average of 5 in 100, and that women are 10 times more concerned than men by this pathology.
A relief for Camilla Luddington
Despite her initial concerns, the actress was finally happy to be able to put words on the symptoms she felt. “Honestly, I was relieved. I felt like I had the answer to a problem I already knew that I had. And as I have concerns related to my health, part of me wondered:” Do I make ideas? “.
Especially since she initially thought that her fatigue was linked to her age and maternity. “I said to myself: I have two children, I have their forties. That’s forty: I have work, I may be in perimenopause,” she said. “At 11 am, I wanted to take a nap. No matter how much sleep I had the day before. Impossible to hold on all day.”
Now under treatment, she is waiting to see how things will evolve.
