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A few hours ago it was confirmed death of lBritish actress Maggie Smithknown for playing the role of Professor McGonagall in the movies harry potter and the series Downton Abbey.
“It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Lady Maggie Smith,” they wrote. Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin, the children of the beloved actress, through a statement.
In January 1988 Maggie Smith was diagnosed with Graves’ diseaseso he had to undergo radiotherapy and optical surgery.
According to the media Express, when Smith was 33 years old and working on the construction site Lettice”began to experience intense symptoms of the diseaseincluding a form known as Graves’ ophthalmopathy, which affects about a third of people with the Graves’ disease“.
This would have caused the famous have irritation and swelling in your eyes.
What is Graves’ disease?
The Graves’ disease is a condition caused by an abnormal response of the immune system. This causes the thyroid gland to produce too much thyroid hormone. ANDIt is most common in young women, although it can occur at any stage of life, in both women and men.
According to the American Thyroid Association, lGraves’ disease a type of hyperthyroidism, It is due to excessive activity of the entire gland thyroid.
What are the symptoms of Graves disease?
- Hyperthyroidism: tiredness, lack of energy, a little swelling, hair loss, dry skin, brittle or brittle nails, difficulty concentrating and thinking, a little colder than normal, or in the case the region where the climate is colder. warm may feel less hot than other people
- Eye disease: produces inflammation of the tissues that surround the eyes in addition to eyes that bulge (called ophthalmopathy)
- Skin disease: Rarely, patients with Graves’ disease develop a reddish, irregular thickening of the skin covering the legs, known as pretibial myxedema.
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