Grave's disease: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments
Symptoms In Graves' disease, all of the clinical features of thyrotoxicosis mentioned above may occur. In addition, diffuse thickening of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eye, lid retraction, lid lag, ocular motility disorder, optic nerve disorder may occur. The patient seemed to have a slight protrusion of the eyeball, and the professor asked him to try the thyroid gland, but he could definitely touch the enlarged thyroid gland. Among the clinical features mentioned above, thyroid ophthalmopathy is a characteristic feature of Graves' disease, which is not seen in other thyrotoxicosis. It is caused by thickening of the autoantibody in the extraocular muscle and elevation of the intraocular pressure. It is rarely seen in other thyroid diseases with autoantibody besides Graves' disease. Diagnosis The first thing to do in a patient suspected of elevated thyroid function is to measure TSH and free T4. If TSH decreases and free T4 increases, it can be classified as prima...