In an Instagram post, Miles Ocampo became more open in discussing her health condition.
MILES OCAMPO – In a post, Miles Ocampo opened up about her condition and revealed that she has Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
Actress-host Miles Ocampo gets real about her thyroid health battle. During an interview with Kapamilya morning show Magandang Buhay, she shared that she went through a life-threatening condition.
She underwent a medical procedure to have her thyroid treated.
But in an Instagram post, the actress shared what she really went through.
According to her post, braved her fear of hospitals and needles just to shed light on what her body was trying to tell. Since last year, she hasn’t felt her normal self. She always has trouble breathing and gets tired easily, and her weight gain was making her frustrated.
She, who is afraid of hospitals and needles, became a person who frequents the place and undergoes one test after another that requires needles.
After a seemingly endless series of tests, they finally found out what it was – a Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma or also called Papillary Thyroid Cancer.
“I had to undergo Thyroidectomy surgery to remove my thyroid glands. It all happened in an instant,” she added.
According to a post from Cleveland Clinic, this type of cancer is a serious case but this has the “best overall prognosis of all thyroid cancer types”. The exact causes of this have not been determined yet.
As for Miles, she was treated through thyroidectomy which means that all of her thyroid glands have been removed. There are risks and possible complications and she shared that after the surgery, she needed to take maintenance for life.
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