BBC News: "'Gigi Hadid has Hashimoto's disease - so do I'"

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No idea who Gigi Hadid is but she has Hashimoto's Disease apparently.
"Imagine having a really extreme case of flu."

That's how 23-year-old Rachel Hill describes living with Hashimoto's disease.

She's been talking to Newsbeat about the thyroid condition she shares with Gigi Hadid - who's hit back at trolls who've criticised her appearance.

The model says her weight loss is due to the treatment she's now getting for the disease.

The NHS describes it as being "caused by the immune system attacking the thyroid gland, making it swell and become damaged".

This can lead to "tiredness, weight gain and dry skin". There is no cure and it can take months or years to be diagnosed.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-43029158
 
Jonathan Edwards said:
Ah well, I have taken to looking perky when riding on the tube train because otherwise I get young women offering me a seat!! I fear I no longer fall under 'younger audience'.
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Apparently the young women, who volunteer their seat, don’t read the Metro? ;)

Why you should not offer elderly people a seat on public transport

Guys, please stop giving your seats to elderly people when travelling on public transport. That’s right, if you’re on a bus or train do not let an OAP sit down! We’re not saying this to be mean, it could actually help them, according to a report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Oxford professor Sir Muir Gray, a Public Health England clinical adviser, told the Sun: ‘We need to be encouraging activity as we age — not telling people to put their feet up.
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Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2017/10/18/why-y...ly-people-a-seat-on-public-transport-7009354/
 
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A close family member has this*, which came on after pregnancy. She went to the GP complaining of extreme fatigue and was told several times she was just tired because she had a new baby. Thankfully she's a registered nurse and isn't intimidated by doctors, so pushed hard for blood tests. Eventually she wore the GP down, got the tests and was then rushed into hospital when the results came back. She claims she was told by her hospital consultant subsequently she had the (highest/lowest?) level they had seen in a patient that wasn't in a coma. Hashimoto's appears to be another disease that, because it can have a fairly vague presentation and predominantly affects women, often is dismissed initially.

*Part of that side of the family's loooooong history of various autoimmune diseases!
 
Londinium said:
A close family member has this*, which came on after pregnancy. She went to the GP complaining of extreme fatigue and was told several times she was just tired because she had a new baby. Thankfully she's a registered nurse and isn't intimidated by doctors, so pushed hard for blood tests. Eventually she wore the GP down, got the tests and was then rushed into hospital when the results came back. She claims she was told by her hospital consultant subsequently she had the (highest/lowest?) level they had seen in a patient that wasn't in a coma. Hashimoto's appears to be another disease that, because it can have a fairly vague presentation and predominantly affects women, often is dismissed initially.

*Part of that side of the family's loooooong history of various autoimmune diseases!
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Yes, that was my story, although thankfully not as severe. I first went to my GP with fatigue, and thought it was related to my PMT which I had for years, but it had extended to 2 weeks+ instead of 1 week. Someone I knew had mentioned it could be underactive thyroid, so I asked if this GP would do a blood test for me. NO was the reply, it could not possibly be that!

I changed GPs as I was so annoyed, and my new GP happily did my test and found that I was then borderline, but my TSH continued to rise (sign of being hypothyroid) and he started me on Thyroxine. That was over 20 years ago now. I hope things have improved since then.

Sadly I only felt OK on the Thyroxine for a few years, and then I ended up with the ME/CFS diagnosis, but that's another story.
 
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