Gigi Hadid has been quite vocal about the fact that he has Hashimoto’s disease.
In a conversation with Elle Magazine, she revealed, “My metabolism has changed like crazy this year. I have Hashimoto’s disease.”
“It’s a thyroid condition and it’s been two years since I took the medication for it, so I didn’t want to lose any more weight before the Victoria Secret show. I just want to have muscles in the right places, and if I can firm up my butt a little, that’s fine,” Gig added.
In the same interview, she also discussed how cruel people became because of the changes in her body and how she screamed into a pillow to release some tension – a trick she said she picked up from her mother.
“It literally helps to scream into a pillow,” she said, adding, “I was on set for a beach shoot once and my mom said, ‘Go scream into the ocean. It relieves the tension.'”
For the unversed, Hashimoto’s disease is when your immune system starts attacking your thyroid gland, causing it to swell and become damaged.
The thyroid gland is located in the neck and regulates the body’s growth, metabolism, and hormonal cycle.
According to the NHS, people suffering from Hashimoto’s disease will have symptoms of an underactive thyroid, including fatigue, weight gain, constipation, dry skin and depression.
In some cases, the swollen thyroid gland can also cause a lump to form in your throat, known as a goiter.
There is no known cause for Hashimoto’s disease, but it sometimes appears to run in families.
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis cannot be cured, but symptoms can often be easily treated with a thyroid hormone replacement drug (levothyroxine), usually taken for life.
