“Star Wars” actress Daisy Ridley revealed that she’s been diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder that affects the thyroid gland, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Speaking to Women’s Health magazine, the 32-year-old actress shared for the first time that she’d been diagnosed in September 2023 with the disease after suffering from major bouts of fatigue, hot flashes, and weight loss.
The Cleveland Clinic’s definition reads, “the thyroid hormones regulate body temperature, heart rate and metabolism. An overactive thyroid causes problems with organs like the heart, as well as bones and muscles.”
“I thought, ‘Well, I’ve just played a really stressful role; presumably that’s why I feel poorly,’” Ridley said after shooting her film “Magpie.”
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