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Podcast: Think Neuro
Episode: 27. Tracking a Mystery Disease to the Pituitary Gland | Sharmyn McGraw
Description: Sharmyn McGraw knows as much about pituitary disease as some doctors. She learned about it after struggling for years with a medical mystery that began in 1993. First, she began to feel anxious. Then, she began to gain weight, and she developed a rash. Much of her hair fell out. Her eyes began to yellow and her face puffed up. Different doctors gave her different explanations. They told her she was allergic to caffeine. That she was just retaining water. That she was beginning menopause. In the end, none of those things turned out to be true. She finally figured...