Around 75% of people with an overactive thyroid have Graves disease. 1 Other names for it include Basedow disease, Parry disease, and Graves hyperthyroidism. 1 People with Graves disease can develop other conditions such as Graves dermopathy (also called pretibial myxedema), a skin condition or Graves ophthalmopathy also known as
Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder that causes hyperthyroidism. Many patients with Graves' disease also show signs of Graves' ophthalmopathy, including
Graves' disease: Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease in which your immune system attacks your thyroid, causing it to grow larger. Graves disease also causes hyperthyroidism, which requires treatment.
Graves' disease or toxic nodular goitre. Whilst awaiting these treatments, antithyroid drugs should be offered to control hyperthyroidism, see Graves
Anti-thyroid drugs used to treat Graves disease can also help shrink a goiter. High risk pregnancy. Untreated Graves disease can lead to complications with pregnancy, including:
Graves' disease or toxic nodular goitre. Whilst awaiting these treatments, antithyroid drugs should be offered to control hyperthyroidism, see Graves
Methodology. Pertinent and current guidelines, original articles, clinical trials, systemic reviews, and meta-analyses were searched by using the following terms: diagnosis of Graves disease, imaging of Graves disease, management of Graves disease, treatment of autoimmune hyperthyroidism, autoimmune thyrotoxicosis, antithyroid drugs, thionamides
How common is Graves disease? Graves disease affects nearly 1 in 100 Americans. 1 About 4 out of 5 cases of hyperthyroidism in the United States are caused by Graves disease. 1 . Who is more likely to have Graves disease? Graves disease is more common in women and people older than age 30. 2 You are more likely to develop the
Approximately 3% of women and 0.5% of men develop Graves' disease during their lifetime . Graves' hyperthyroidism is the most common phenotype of Graves' disease; the other phenotypes Graves' orbitopathy (GO) and Graves' dermopathy (local myedema) are relatively rare and not taken into consideration in the following discussion on cure.
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