{"id":73904,"date":"2017-04-11T15:13:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/deformed-woman-has-surgery-to-save-her-vision\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T15:13:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:13:46","slug":"deformed-woman-has-surgery-to-save-her-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/deformed-woman-has-surgery-to-save-her-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Deformed\u2019 woman has surgery to save her vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Muni Abubakar, from Los Angeles, was diagnosed with Graves\u2019 disease in 2008\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Autoimmune disorder was responsible for the swelling of tissue around her eyes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>As a result, often strangers would ridicule her for her very unusual appearance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Doctors warned she was at risk of glaucoma \u2013 a leading cause of vision loss\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>But after undergoing lid retraction surgery in 2015, she is happy with her looks\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Matthews For Mailonline<\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/><span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  05:24 EDT, 11 April 2017<br \/><\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/><span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  05:27 EDT, 11 April 2017<br \/><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/><a><\/a><br \/><\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">          48<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A woman who suffered from a rare condition that made her eyes bulge has undergone surgery to save her sight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Muni Abubakar, 34, underwent the pioneering operation to adjust her eye lids two years ago after being warned she was at risk of glaucoma.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The insurance worker was left feeling \u2018deformed\u2019 as a result of her eyes being pushed forward and protruded from their sockets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Often strangers would ridicule her for her unusual appearance, and children would sometimes even be afraid of her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Doctors told her it was down to Graves\u2019 disease \u2013 an autoimmune disorder that causes swelling of the tissues around the eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But lid retraction surgery proved to be a success, and has made her happy with her appearance once again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-44585822745f9188\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"650\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Muni Abubakar, 34, was often ridiculed by strangers for her unusual appearance, and children would sometimes even be afraid of her\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-44585822745f9188\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/09\/3F27278A00000578-4400772-image-a-1_1491900706690.jpg\" height=\"650\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Muni Abubakar, 34, was often ridiculed by strangers for her unusual appearance, and children would sometimes even be afraid of her\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Muni Abubakar, 34, was often ridiculed by strangers for her unusual appearance, and children would sometimes even be afraid of her<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ms Abubakar, from Los Angeles,  said: \u2018It was one of the best decisions I could have made.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018The surgery not only helped me to look physically better but I also noticed the pressure behind my eyes wasn\u2019t as bad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I still feel like I don\u2019t look like myself but I\u2019m okay with that for now. I have learned so much about my body after being diagnosed with this disease.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/09\/3F206D0800000578-0-image-m-25_1491897979071.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Scotland paves the way with anti-HIV drug, but will the move\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/01\/3EFA1FEF00000578-0-image-m-30_1491871516251.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Simple nose spray that could save your life: Mist that\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/01\/3F2493C300000578-0-image-m-35_1491871212286.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Clot-buster operation that \u2018brings stroke sufferers back to\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/01\/2EC310FB00000578-0-image-m-10_1491869234828.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>At last! The diagnosis that could explain why YOUR joints\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I may have another eye surgery in the future depending on if my thyroid gets out of whack again and my eyes get worse.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ms Abubakar first noticed something was wrong with her health as a student in her early twenties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Unable to focus at school, she was left tired all the time and was battling extreme fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cf925a4f879d7283\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"717\" width=\"634\" alt=\"She underwent the pioneering operation to retract her eye lids last year after being warned she was at risk of glaucoma (pictured a week after her operation)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cf925a4f879d7283\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/09\/3F2727D500000578-4400772-image-a-2_1491900720438.jpg\" height=\"717\" width=\"634\" alt=\"She underwent the pioneering operation to retract her eye lids last year after being warned she was at risk of glaucoma (pictured a week after her operation)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">She underwent the pioneering operation to retract her eye lids last year after being warned she was at risk of glaucoma (pictured a week after her operation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In a desperate attempt to get her through each day, she began to damage her health by drinking copious amounts of energy drinks and soda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Her friends started to notice a change in her mood, going from her usual caring self to someone \u2018distant and irritable\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ms Abubakar added: \u2018One of the hardest things about having this disease is the fact that it attacked my eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Even though through the years my thyroid had been more stable than not, my eyes continued to protrude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018This was very emotional for me as it got to the point where people would stare at me and laugh or ask me what was wrong with my eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018What was even worse was that children would notice instantly and sometimes be afraid of me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018My eyes would feel extremely dry and I always felt like my eyes were swollen. I became very emotional about my change in appearance.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As a result of her condition, she also began to have heart palpitations. Sometimes they were so strong that she would be close to passing out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1e0fed94fde78bce\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"684\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ms Abubakar, from Los Angeles, said: 'It was one of the best decisions I could have made' (pictured two-weeks after her operation)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1e0fed94fde78bce\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/09\/3F27277100000578-4400772-image-a-3_1491900920663.jpg\" height=\"684\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ms Abubakar, from Los Angeles, said: 'It was one of the best decisions I could have made' (pictured two-weeks after her operation)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ms Abubakar, from Los Angeles, said: \u2018It was one of the best decisions I could have made\u2019 (pictured two-weeks after her operation)<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b7db61d1afa55ab5\" src=\"image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" height=\"770\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ms Abubakar has decided to share her story to help other Graves' disease sufferers\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b7db61d1afa55ab5\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/09\/3F27293700000578-4400772-image-a-4_1491901169365.jpg\" height=\"770\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Ms Abubakar has decided to share her story to help other Graves' disease sufferers\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ms Abubakar has decided to share her story to help other Graves\u2019 disease sufferers<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was one of these that she suffered while driving that led her directly to the emergency room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Blood tests revealed that she had elevated thyroid levels \u2013 which can cause an irregular heartbeat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">WHAT IS GRAVES\u2019 DISEASE?\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Graves\u2019 disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the UK and is more common in women.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It is believed to affect roughly one in 200 people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was named after Robert Graves, an Irish physician, who described patients with this condition in the 19th century.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Some patients with Graves\u2019 disease have an enlarged thyroid gland \u2013 which\u00a0produces increased amounts of hormones.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">About a third of patients \u00a0also develop eye problems, known as thyroid eye disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This can make the eyes become more prominent and feel gritty and sore, and occasionally double vision occurs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Source: British Thyroid Foundation\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She added: \u2018My eye doctor asked if I had thyroid disease because my eyes appeared to protrude.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018I told her that larger eyes were a family trait. I wasn\u2019t familiar with thyroid disease at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018But now that I was in the emergency room I thought maybe I had this diagnosis for the last two years or maybe even longer.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It was 2008 when Ms Abubakar was finally diagnosed with Grave\u2019s disease by an endocrinologist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After being warned the protrusion could cause glaucoma, she decided to have orbital decompression in 2014 as a protective measure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And in 2015, she had a lid retraction to adjust her eyelids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ms Abubakar has decided to share her story to help other Graves\u2019 sufferers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">She said: \u2018I realised after reading articles on the disease and seeing others share their story I could do the same.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Sometimes we just need to know that we are not alone. This disease is not talked about a lot and it\u2019s easy to feel alone.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!-- ad: http:\/\/mads.dailymail.co.uk\/v2\/us\/health\/none\/article\/other\/inread_player.html --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"social-links-title\">Share or comment on this article<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bigLinks sc-icns cleared\">\n<li class=\"share-facebook\">\n<p>                                    <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-stats social-stats-pipe\" id=\"shareCountBottom\">\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"addCommentButton\" class=\"add-comment\">\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>            <!-- NOTE: WARNING: render-partial is a function --><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels\">\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/10\/19\/3F21372C00000578-0-image-a-26_1491848587047.jpg\" alt=\"China has deployed medical and backup units from the People's Liberation Army (pictured above) forces to the Yalu River following President Donald Trump's missile strikes on Syria last week\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">China \u2018deploys 150,000 troops to deal with possible North\u2026<\/span>  <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/10\/18\/3F23C65F00000578-0-image-a-72_1491844226159.jpg\" alt=\"Caitlyn in November 2015\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">Caitlyn Jenner reveals she HAS now undergone gender\u2026<\/span>  <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/10\/17\/3F23A92100000578-0-image-a-81_1491842293670.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Seman Jr, who is\u00a0accused of repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl and then killing her and her grandparents in a house fire,\u00a0has jumped to his death from a courthouse balcony before standing trial\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">PICTURED: Moment man jumps to his death from fourth-floor\u2026<\/span>  <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/11\/03\/3F25865C00000578-0-image-a-7_1491878995433.jpg\" alt=\"Beaten and bloodied: The unnamed passenger is pictured bleeding from the mouth after he was body slammed by cops and dragged off the overbooked United flight at Chicago O'Hare\" width=\"154\" height=\"115\" \/><span class=\"wocc bdrcc\">\u2018I want to commend you for continuing to go above and\u2026<\/span>  <\/li>\n<li class=\"new shallow-ac mini link-bogr6 linkro-wocc\">  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/04\/10\/14\/3F2113F300000578-0-image-m-20_1491832594031.jpg\" alt=\"Tania Chikwature, 32, was jailed for 26 weeks for drink driving and dangerous driving. 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