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Hyperthyroidism

 

Common Symptoms and Signs of Hyperthyroidism

The thyroid gland The hyperthyroid patient often experiences multiple symptoms, including nervousness or anxiety, weight loss despite a good appetite, breathlessness, palpitations, and intolerance to heat. This articles highlights the various signs and symptoms of the overactive thyroid.


 

Hyperthyroidism and Graves Disease: When Things Go Wrong

The thyroid gland and its location A beautifully balanced biochemical mechanism can maintain us in perfect health all our lives. Sadly, however, it may go out of kilter sometimes quite abruptly, and sometimes insidiously slowly, causing a slow decline in health and vigour, which will inexorably destroy people’s lives. On the one hand, the thyroid gland can become overactive, bringing with it a variety of unpleasant, even life threatening symptoms, or it may become under active causing a bewildering number of problems, varying from mere loss of energy and vigour to chronic invalidism and sudden death.


 

Treatment of Hyperthyroidism

The thyroid gland and its location Mild degrees of thyroid over activity can occur on a self limiting basis, and may sometimes be left to run their own course, with an informed patient monitoring how they are, and seeking equally well informed advice if things are not going right. The body has a remarkable ability to heal itself, and should be given a chance to do so.

Surgery versus radioiodine therapy in the treatment of hyperthyroidism

The thyroid gland and its location If you are offered surgical intervention because you suffer hyperthyroidism (Graves) goitre, make sure that you are aware that there is another option. This excerpt from Dr Peatfield’s book Your Thyroid and How to Keep it Healthy and subsequent discussion explains more.


 
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