Lately, he has been managing to keep his condition under control.
Željko Samardžić recently discovered that he suffers from an incurable autoimmune disease. It is Hashimoto's syndrome, which has affected his life for years.
Lately, he has managed to keep his condition under control and is trying to be a role model for others and raise awareness about this disease.
- It's an autoimmune disease of the thyroid gland that causes occasional problems. As soon as I started regular therapy, everything was fine. I take one pill every morning and that's it. Women mostly suffer from this disease, but it happened to me and I deal with it as best I can. Later, I found out that a lot of my friends have Hashimoto's syndrome, and I had it for a long time without even knowing it - he explained Zeljko,and added:
- From the moment I got Hashimoto's, it was like my world collapsed, I didn't know what was wrong with me. Now I've resumed a normal life because I take regular therapy. I go for checkups every three months and have my blood drawn. The disease has changed me completely. I used to drink a glass of brandy or wine more, but now I can't because I have to protect my vocal cords. When it works for me, everything is okay - revealed Samardžić.
In addition, Željko also told how he discovered that he had this common disease.
- I discovered this disease when I went for surgery on the sympathetic nerve to stop sweating, only to find out after a while that it was Hashimoto's, a reduced thyroid function - Samardžić said at the time, as reported by Story.
