Just like Graves' disease, Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune disease. With Hashimoto's disease, the immune system makes antibodies that attack and damage the thyroid gland, making it unable to produce enough thyroid hormones. The thyroid then becomes underactive and stops working as well as i...
My guess is that it only really gets bad when undiagnosed or untreated for a while. Bylovealot— On Jul 02, 2011 Wow -- I can't imagine having this condition. Do all people with protruding eyeballs have Graves' disease, or can that be caused by other, more benign conditions?
@sputnik - I love red wine, so this is great news for me. It seems to be great for all kinds of disease prevention, including heart disease and I guess Alzheimer's too. That being said, I hope scientists are able to find a cure for Alzheimer's soon, so we don't have to rely ...
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia. It most often emerges during a person’s mid-60s or older, although early-onset varieties exist. Its exact cause remains unclear. Alzheimer’s and other dementias Dementia describes a group of ...
Age Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging, but the risk for it increases with age beyond 65. Family History Having a first-degree relative (such as a parent or sibling) with the disease is a strong risk factor. This may reflect shared genetics, environmental factors, or both...
A contagious disease is a disease that can spread among people or organisms. The most common types of contagious diseases are...
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Whether any of the other diseases are aging-related is uncertain because their incidence either does not change or more often decreases in old age. Only biological studies can determine how the aging process contributes to any of these diseases and this may lead to a reclassificatio...
Vision loss from Stargardt's disease generally begins in early childhood. In most of the cases, it commences at an age as early as 10 to 12 years (with some sort of vision loss by age 20 in over 90% cases). However, it is too difficult to identify the exact time of retinal damage...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a group of different types of heart disease. Common heart disease symptoms include chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, light-headedness, and dizziness. Heart disease has many causes, including genetics, atherosc