Read about the causes of exophthalmos or bulging eyes and find out about the best treatments for thyroid eye disease and protruding eyes.
Some people with Graves' disease may develop a rareskincondition known as pretibial myxedema or Graves' dermopathy. It is a lumpy reddish thickening of the skin on the shins. It is usually painless and is not serious. Like exophthalmos, this condition does not necessarily begin with the onset...
Exophthalmos or proptosis (bulging of the eyes) Difficulty in closing eyelids Strabismus (also called squint) Swelling or feeling of fullness in one or both the upper eyelids Blurring or dimming of vision due to optic nerve compression Painful orbits (eye sockets) Pain in or behind the eye, es...
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Also referred to as “exophthalmos,” proptosis involves the protruding or bulging of one or both of the eyes. The most common cause of this condition is Graves’ disease. The condition causes the tissue around and behind your eye to swell. This causes your eyes to push forward and can res...
Which of the following would be least likely in a patient with Grave's disease? a. bradycardia b. exophthalmos c. tachycardia What health conditions can arise from abnormalities of the heart? What is cardiovascular disease? In the elderly, a non-survivable bradycardia would be a sustained heart...
You are shadowing an endocrinologist who is examining a patient complaining of weakness, weight loss, and heat intolerance. The doctor points out the patient's obvious exophthalmos and asks for your diagnosis. What would you speculate is the patient's pro If ...
The aim of this paper is to describe the most important aspects of the so called "Bilateral Convergent Strabismus with Exophthalmos (BCSE)", the most common aspect of strabismus in cattle. The disease has been known since the end of the XIX century, but no definitive conclusion has been foun...
He also described in cases of spinal cord disease that there may be loss of the light reflex of the pupil but retention of its movement in accommodation. This condition was named the "Argyll Robertson pupil" and as a clinical sign is almost always indicative of neurosyphilis. His other ...
–Exophthalmos (protruding eyeballs); blurred and double vision. –Myopathy (muscle pain and weakness). Prognosis with conventional medical treatments is generally very good but variable from person to person. Conventional treatments include anti-thyroid drugs such as Tapazole, radioactive iodine, and ...