With this condition, your thyroid gland creates too much thyroid hormone in the body. These antibodies then attach to healthy thyroid cells. They can cause your thyroid to create too much thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormones affect many aspects of body processes, including nervous system function , brain development, body temperature, and other important things.
Without treatment, hyperthyroidism can eventually lead to:. This condition develops when your immune system begins to attack eye tissue and muscle, leaving your eye sockets swollen and inflamed. This inflammation can cause your eyelids to retract, which makes your eyes seem enlarged and bulging. Up to 5 percent will have more severe symptoms. Mild cases of GO might improve on their own.
Be sure to follow any recommended treatment guidelines. You will need to take thyroid hormone to replace the needed thyroid hormone that your body can no longer make.
What could happen if Graves' disease is not treated? Without treatment, Graves' disease can lead to other health problems, including: Thyroid storm, a very rare, life-threatening condition caused by too much thyroid hormone that suddenly increases your heart rate, blood pressure, and temperature to dangerously high levels.
A stressful event, such as trauma, surgery, or infection, may trigger thyroid storm. Heart problems, such as irregular heartbeat arrhythmia , atrial fibrillation, and heart failure 8 Bone loss that can lead to osteoporosis. Bone loss after menopause raises a woman's risk for weak and fragile bones that break easily. Graves' disease can speed up bone loss. How does Graves' disease affect my chances of getting pregnant? How does pregnancy affect the thyroid? How does Graves' disease affect pregnancy?
Untreated or poorly treated Graves' disease can lead to problems during pregnancy, such as: Preeclampsia Premature birth Placental abruption Miscarriage Heart failure It also can lead to serious problems for your baby, such as: Fast heart rate Low birth weight Stillbirth Birth defects Thyroid problems.
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Journal of Andrology; — Trokoudes, K. Infertility and thyroid disorders. Your doctor should discuss each of the treatment options with you including the logistics, benefits and potential side effects, expected speed of recovery and costs. Although each treatment has its advantages and disadvantages, most patients will find one treatment plan that is right for them.
Even if you are treated with antithyroid drugs alone, hypothyroidism can still occur. Your doctor will check your thyroid function tests frequently to assess thyroid function following treatment. When hypothyroidism occurs, you will need to take a thyroid hormone tablet once a day at the right dose see Hypothyroidism brochure. However, no specific gene has been identified for screening to date. El folleto de Enfermedad De Graves. For information on thyroid patient support organizations, please visit the Patient Support Links section on the ATA website at www.
These may include, but are not limited to, racing heartbeat, hand tremors, trouble sleeping, weight loss, muscle weakness, neuropsychiatric symptoms and heat intolerance. It appears that the same antibody that can cause thyroid dysfunction may also have an "attraction" to tissues surrounding the eyes. Graves' ophthalmopathy often appears at the same time as hyperthyroidism or several months later. But signs and symptoms of ophthalmopathy may appear years before or after the onset of hyperthyroidism.
Graves' ophthalmopathy can also occur even if there's no hyperthyroidism. Although anyone can develop Graves' disease, many factors can increase the risk of disease, including:. Thyroid storm. A rare but life-threatening complication of Graves' disease is thyroid storm, also known as accelerated hyperthyroidism or thyrotoxic crisis. It's more likely when severe hyperthyroidism is untreated or treated inadequately. The sudden and drastic increase in thyroid hormones can produce many effects, including fever, sweating, vomiting, diarrhea, delirium, severe weakness, seizures, irregular heartbeat, yellow skin and eyes jaundice , severe low blood pressure, and coma.
Thyroid storm requires immediate emergency care. Graves' disease care at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. This content does not have an English version.
This content does not have an Arabic version. Overview Thyroid gland Open pop-up dialog box Close. Thyroid gland Your thyroid gland is located at the base of your neck, just below the Adam's apple. Enlarged thyroid Open pop-up dialog box Close. Enlarged thyroid Widespread enlargement of the thyroid can expand the gland well beyond its typical size left and cause a noticeable bulge in the neck right. Graves' ophthalmopathy Open pop-up dialog box Close.
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