A surge in thyroid storm deaths among those hospitalized with thyrotoxicosis was likely related to COVID-19, but other risk ...

Graves disease is an autoimmune disease characterised by hyperthyroidism because of thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins ...

Severe hyperthyroidism is not included in the traditional differential diagnosis of ketoacidosis. However, thyroid hormone has well-documented lipolytic effects on adipocytes and may also promote ...

Mammen said two findings particularly stood out to her, the first being “that we see a dose response — the risk is higher for people with more severe thyrotoxicosis.” “Secondly ...

THE following report concerns a case of severe hemorrhagic diathesis appearing during the course of propylthiouracil treatment of thyrotoxicosis. The fundamental defect was a marked prolongation ...

What is a thyroid storm? Thyroid (or thyrotoxic) storm is an acute, life-threatening syndrome due to an exacerbation of thyrotoxicosis. Thyrotoxicosis is a clinical state of inappropriately high ...

Severe morning sickness can sometimes cause hyperthyroidism. This is often a short-term condition. If your thyroid levels are only slightly higher than usual and your symptoms are mild ...

It has been known for more than 200 years that severe thyrotoxicosis may lead to cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat), one of the major reasons for sudden cardiac death. However, the risk ...

Hyperthyroidism is a subtype of thyrotoxicosis. Both occur due to excessive thyroid hormones. However, they are not the same thing and differ in severity and health implications. While ...

45 Dermopathy occurs in 1 to 2 percent of patients with Graves' disease, almost always in the presence of severe ophthalmopathy. The diagnosis of Graves' hyperthyroidism is based on the clinical ...

Although rare, people with severe hyperthyroidism may experience polyneuropathy — a type of peripheral neuropathy — which is when there is damage to multiple nerves in the extremities ...