A Routine Eye Exam Saved Her Life

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Alexis was very sick for a year and spent weeks in the hospital. Still, no one could tell her why...until a routine trip to her eye doctor flagged a potential problem with her thyroid. Her eye doctor immediately referred her to her primary care physician for testing, and she was diagnosed with Graves' Disease.

If Alexis hadn't been diagnosed and treated, her doctors told her she could have had a heart attack and died. She was stunned. What if she hadn't gone to the eye doctor? What if something happened when she was with her students?

It was all very overwhelming, but she was also very relieved to know why she had been so sick.

This video was created in partnership with Women's Health.