Grey’s Anatomy star Camilla Luddington is sharing the startling symptoms that led to her diagnosis with an autoimmune disease. On the Call It What It Is podcast, Luddington, who portrays Dr. Jo Wilson on ABC’s long-running drama, revealed she has Hashimoto’s disease. According to the Cleveland Clinic, Hashimoto’s is a lifelong autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid gland, which is responsible for controlling the speed of your metabolism. In Hashimoto’s disease, the metabolism slows, causing symptoms that include fatigue, dry skin, slowed heart rate, weight gain, muscle and joint pain, and hair loss. “It can make you feel...tired and cold,” Luddington, 41, explains, noting that husband Matthew Alan would poke fun at her for having “like 40 blankets on me at night.” There were visible
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Diagnosed With Painful Autoimmune Disease

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