Objective: Despite high prevalence in a female population, surprisingly little is known about sexual functioning of women with thyroid hyperfunction. This study was aimed at assessing female sexual function and depressive symptoms in women with overt hyperthyroidism of autoimmune and non-autoimmune origin...
Causes and symptoms Hyperthyroidism is often associated with the body's production of autoantibodies in the blood which causes the thyroid to grow and secrete excess thyroid hormone. This condition, as well as other forms of hyperthyroidism, may be inherited. Regardless of the cause, hyperthyroidism...
Hyperthyroidism's hallmarks include goiter and myriad signs and symptoms related to increased metabolic activity in virtually all body tissues. Increased sensitivity to circulating catecholamines adds to the clinical picture. Diagnosed by patient history, physical examination, and laboratory tests, Graves' ...
Sixteen of these older patients had different forms of atypical thyrotoxicosis, and most were completely without the usual symptoms of the condition. It is concluded that thyrotoxicosis is more frequent in persons over 60 than in younger persons. Many older patients have various forms of masked ...
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The importance of age as a determinant of the prevalence and severity of hyperthyroid symptoms has recently been con- firmed (30). Cardiac evaluation may be necessary, especially in the older patient, and may require an echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, Holter monitor, or myocardial perfusion ...
disease. For patients with cardiac disease, pretreatment with a thionamide to deplete the stored hormone is recommended to avoid the potential exacerbation of the cardiac disease. In addition, the use of beta-blocker therapy is also essential in these patients to minimize beta-adrenergic symptoms....
Chapter Varas, S.M.; Jahn, G.A.; Giménez, M.S. Lipids 36(8): 801-806 2001 ISSN/ISBN:0024-4201 11592730 10.1007/s11745-001-0787-4 003799603 Article emailed within 0-6 h Buy Now for$19.90 Payments are secure & encrypted Abstract...
38、osed to autoimmune thyroid disease Women develop the disease 510 times more frequently than men Diffuse goitre, thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy and pretibial myxoedema are characteristic Goitre and eye and skin symptoms may, however, be absent Suppressed TSH, elevated T4 and T3 as well as...
(胫前黏液性水肿) More commonly in women,Female:Male= 4 ~ 6:1 Subclinical hyperthyroidism is usually referred to a GD state with normal T3\T4, decreased TSH, and no clinical symptoms of hyperthyroidism Pathogenesis Abnormalities of immune system B cells produce TSH-R-Ab (TRAb) TRAb TSAb: ...