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Graves Disease and Hyper thyroidismGraves' disease is the most common form of hyperthyroidism(overactive thyroid). Graves disease occurs when something goes wrong with the immune system and it mistakenly attacks your thyroid gland.This causes the thyroid gland to overproduce the hormone thyroxine. As a result of Graves disease,the abnormal immune response can affect the tissue behind your eyes as well as parts of your skin. The higher thyroxine level in Graves' disease can greatly increase your body's metabolic rate, leading to host of health problems. Actually,Graves' disease is not a life-threatening disease,and may develop at any age in either men or women, Graves' disease is found to be more common in women and usually begins after the age of 20. Although there's no way(till now) to stop your immune system from attacking your thyroid gland, but treatments for Graves' disease can ease symptoms and decrease the production of thyroxine Graves Disease SymptomsGenerally, the symptoms of Graves' disease are identical to the symptoms of hyperthyroidism, which can be caused by Graves' disease. Classic symptoms include an enlarged thyroid gland (goiter), nervousness, heat intolerance, weight loss, sweating, diarrhea, tremors, palpitations and exophthalmos (swelling of the tissue behind the eyeballs causing protrusion of the eyeball). Graves disease symptoms may also include:
Thyroid Storm :- As I said earlier,Graves disease is itself not life threatening. But Thyroid storm,which is a complication of Graves' disease, may lead to life-threatening conditions like heart, liver, or even kidney failure. Thyroid storm begins suddenly and is usually caused by a stressful event. The signs and symptoms of thyroid storm include:
Once diagnosed,it should not be left untreated, as it can be fatal.
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