'Star Wars' actor Daisy Ridley diagnosed with Graves' disease after blaming symptoms on 'stressful' role
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Daisy Ridley revealed she was recently diagnosed with Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder which overproduces the thyroid hormone and causes fatigue.
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that can cause hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid. "It was funny, I was like, "Oh, I just thought I was annoyed at the world,' but [it] turns out everything is functioning so quickly you can't chill out." Tracy Wright is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to Tracy.Wright@fox.com.
Ridley, 32, had previously been diagnosed with endometriosis (a disease in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus) and polycystic ovaries, more commonly referred to as a hormonal imbalance that causes problems with menstrual cycles.