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If you have hyperthyroidism then you are at an increased risk of developing Grave's disease.

 


Graves disease
Definition
Graves disease is an autoimmune disorder that leads to overactivity of the thyroid gland (hyperthyroidism).

Graves disease
Alternate Names : Diffuse thyrotoxic goiter
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Graves Disease: Graves' disease is one of the most common autoimmune diseases, affecting 13 million people and targeting women seven times as often as men. Patients with Graves' disease produce an excessive amount of thyroid hormone. 1 ...

Graves disease, named after Robert J. Graves, MD, circa 1830s, is an autoimmune disease characterized by hyperthyroidism due to circulating autoantibodies.

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Graves disease, an autoimmune disease, is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. The condition makes a person's immune system produce abnormal types of antibodies (normally antibodies help the body fight infection).

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Graves disease (aka diffuse toxic goiter): Generalized diffuse overactivity ("toxicity") of the entire thyroid gland which becomes enlarged into a goiter. Graves disease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism.

What is Graves disease?
Graves disease is most often associated with hyperthyroidism and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism found in pregnancy.

Graves disease is an autoimmune disorder that is more common in middle-aged women than in any other group of people.

Graves disease can run in families. The rate of concordance for Graves disease is about 20% among monozygotic (identical) twins, and the rate is much lower among dizygotic (nonidentical) twins, ...

Graves disease accounts for 85% of all cases of hyperthyroidism.
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Graves disease: This thyroid condition results from abnormal stimulation of the thyroid gland by a material in the blood termed the long-acting thyroid stimulator (LATS). LATS overstimulates the thyroid causing a goiter.

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It may also be caused by thyrotoxicosis, hormonal changes in perimenopause, and Graves disease. "Endurance exercises such as running or swimming can affect the reproductive physiology of women athletes.

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Autoimmune diseases are where the immune system attacks certain tissues of the body, and in Graves Disease that causes overactivity of the thyroid gland.

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Overactive thyroid ( hyperthyroidism ) due to Graves disease or an over-functioning nodule
Enlarged thyroid (goiter) causing significant symptoms because of its size
Thyroid nodule(s) are suspicious or cause concern for thyroid cancer
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Hürthle cell adenomas and carcinomas have a higher incidence in people who have other, non-malignant thyroid problems like Graves disease, colloid nodular disease, lymphocytic thyroiditis, thyroid hyperplasia, parathyroid adenoma, ...

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Hyperthyroidism (particularly Graves disease) is the most common cause of bulging eyes. With this condition, the eyes don't blink very often and seem to have a staring quality.

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About half of those affected by autoimmune hepatitis have other autoimmune disorders too, such as type 1 diabetes, proliferative glomerulonephritis, thyroiditis, Graves disease, Sjögren syndrome, autoimmune anemia, and ulcerative colitis.

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