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Actress Erin Moriarty has opened up about her Graves’ disease diagnosis, and said that she initially dismissed her symptoms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Moriarty is best known for her work in The Boys, as well as notable roles in Jessica Jones and True Detective.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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In 2025, the actress revealed her diagnosis of Graves’ disease in a post on Instagram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“Autoimmune disease manifests differently in everybody\/every body,” she wrote. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“Your experience will be different from mine. My experience will be different from yours. Perhaps greatly, perhaps minutely.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Moriarty went on to explain that she could have got her diagnosis sooner if she hadn’t dismissed her symptoms as stress and fatigue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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She said added that once she began treatment, she ‘felt the light coming back on.’ <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“It\u2019s been increasing in strength ever since. If yours is dimming, even slightly, go get checked,” she penned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“Don\u2019t ‘suck it up’ and transcend suffering; you deserve to be comfy. Shit\u2019s hard enough as is.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease that affects your thyroid. It is the main cause of hyperthyroidism and causes a large thyroid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The main signs of the condition include irritability, muscle weakness, trouble sleeping, and a fast heart rate. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Those with Graves’ disease may also have poor tolerance of heat and suffer from diarrhea and unintentional weight loss.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Other symptoms include eye bulging and thickening of the skin on your shins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Between 25% and 30% of those with the condition will develop eye problems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The exact cause of Graves’ disease is not yet known, but people are more likely to be affected if there is a family history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The disease can also be triggered by emotional or physical stress, an infection, or giving birth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Patients who already have an autoimmune disease also have a higher chance of being affected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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