39-year-old hip-hop artiste, Missy Elliot has confirmed having Graves’ disease in an interview on American VH1’s show on, ‘Behind the Music’ which aired on Wednesday, June 29, 2011.
According to Missy, ‘My nervous system shuts down, you know. Your skin is dry, your hair falls out, you wake up, and your eyes feel like they’ve got rocks in them…‘
The thyroid disease cannot be cured, but the symptoms can be handled with treatment. Missy was first diagnosed with the disease in 2008.
Born Melissa Arnette Elliott, the Grammy Award winner is currently working on her seventh studio album titled, ‘Block Party’, and has confirmed production by Timbaland, Pharrell Williams, Danja, Swizz Beatz, T-Pain and a few others.
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