worms or other small pests live in their bodies and feed on them[2]. Visual or tactile hallucinations consistent with thought content can accompany the delusions. DP is typically observed in women over the age of 50 although
Thyroid hormone use and bone mineral density in elderly women: effects of estrogen. JAMA 1994;271:1245–1249. Article PubMed CAS Google Scholar Lehmke J, Bogner U, Felsenberg D, Peters H, Schleusener H. determination of bone mineral density by quantitative computed tomography and single ...
Martin FI, Deam DR. Hyperthyroidism in elderly hospitalised patients: clinical fea- tures and treatment outcomes. Med J Aust. 1996;164:200-203.Deam D. Hyperthyroidism in elderly hospitalised patients. Clinical features and treatment outcomes - FI - 1996...
The results of recent studies reveal it to be a significant disease that is associated with a negative impact on myocardial function, an increased incidence of atrial fibrillation in the elderly patient, a loss of bony substance in post-menopausal women, and, possibly, an increased incidence of ...
In hyperthyroidism, the thyroid is overactive and produces more thyroid hormone than the body needs. Women are more likely than men to have hyperthyroidism, and it affects younger persons more than elderly persons. This Patient Page is based on one published in the July 6, 2005, issue of ...
(thyroid storm). Because of the variation in thyroid hormone levels, the presentation of hyperthyroidism depends on the degree of hormonal abnormality. In milder cases, symptoms and physical findings may be absent and abnormalities may be discovered on routine laboratory screening. In the elderly, ...
Apathetic hyperthyroidism, as its name implies, presents itself in an insidious manner so that the diagnosis may be obscure until a near-terminal situation. Such was the situation in two elderly women manifesting lethargy, muscular weakness, and anasarca associated with severe tricuspid regurgitation. ...
These inconsistent research reports might reflect differences in tumor genesis between EC, OC and other types of cancer. In addition, EC, OC development in hypothyroidism patients may be influenced by many well-documented risk factors, such as age in elderly patients, obesity, hypertension, diabetes...
Subclinical Thyroid Disease in the Elderly Subclinical hypothyroidism occurs in 5% to 10% of elderly subjects, and is especially prevalent in elderly women. Subclinical hyperthyroidism is less common,... MH Samuels - 《Thyroid Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association》...
High incidence of multinodular toxic goitre in the elderly population in a low iodine intake area versus high incidence of Graves' disease in the young in a high iodine intake area: comparative surveys of thyrotoxicosis epidemiology in East-Jutland Denmark and Iceland. J. Intern. Med. 229, ...