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Avatar f tn Anxiety and irritability A fine tremor of the hands or fingers Heat sensitivity and an increase in perspiration or warm, moist skin Weight loss, despite normal eating habits Enlargement of the thyroid gland (goiter) Change in menstrual cycles Erectile dysfunction or reduced libido Frequent bowel movements Bulging eyes (Graves' ophthalmopathy) Fatigue Thick, red skin usually on the shins or tops of the feet (Graves' dermopathy) Rapid or irregular heartbeat (palpitations) Sleep disturban
Avatar n tn Has your doctor told you, you have Graves Disease? Yes, your TSH is extremely low and your FT4 is extremely high, indicating that you are hyper, but your antibody tests indicate Hashimoto's. TSI is the definitive test for Graves Disease and I don't see that listed. Have you been put on antithyroid med?
Avatar n tn Your initial test results indicated a hyperthyroid condition. The most common causes for that would be Graves' Disease which causes overstimulation of the thyroid gland, or Hashimoto's Thyroiditis causing nodules on your thyroid gland, which then leak hormone faster than normal. The definitive test for Graves' is TSI. For Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, the tests are TPO ab and TG ab.
Avatar f tn Lab results, we tend to rely on Free, but as both your T3 and T4 levels are high and the TSH is low, in addition your TPOab is High, this would indicate an auto immune thyroid disease known as Graves, this condition causes your immune system to attack the thyroid and then the thyroid over produces the T4 hormone that your body runs on, it increases you body's metabolism. Some symptoms include Tachycardia (Fast Heart Rate) edgy nervious feelings, anxiety, lower body weight than normal.
Avatar f tn My mother has graves disease and went through the RAI. It caused her to have the Graves Eye Disease, and left her open to other autoimmune diseases. She has lupus now and really bad arthritis. I know we are two different people, but she is only 50 and just had a hip replacement. I dont want to end up like my mother. I have been trying everything to get as healthy as I can. I started running 6 months ago, but they made me stop because of my heart rate.
Avatar n tn The medical community seems to be happy with treating the symptoms and not looking for the causes - big pharma would lose money if many causes for disease were found. The leading thyroid association voice for Dr's is almost invisibly owned by the makers of Synthroid (hypo T4 med). So were srcewed from the start.
Avatar f tn I expect that the T4 test is Total T4, for which ranges typically are like 4-12. A Total T4 test represents all the T4 in your body. Only a small portion of that is biologically active. So for a better understanding of your status you should always make sure they test for both Free T4 and Free T3. Free T3 is used by all the cells of your body to create the energy needed. Free T4 has to be converted by your body to Free T3 to be metabolized.
1494095 tn?1288784877 List your symptoms-fast heartrate,anxiety,losing weight and heat intolerance are big.Somtimes Graves disease can be subclinically diagnosed but usually TSI is always positive .
Avatar f tn I am Type I diabetic of 13 years that began having hyperthyroid symptoms 6 months ago, which included tachycardia 100s-160s, palpitations, fine hand tremor, heat intolerance & hyperhidrosis, occasional chest tightness, development of diffuse goiter over past month, and dyspnea with exertion at times, as well as it seemed to take longer than usual to focus eyes when reading electronic screens. Saw my GP a month ago and had TSH, FT4, and T3 drawn. TSH came back within normal limits (1.2 or 1.
Avatar n tn Question if anyone knows- once Graves eye disease is done is it gone forever? Will the swelling and eye problems come back?
877337 tn?1249844450 Regarding the eye problems often associated with Graves - only about 10% of Graves/Thyroid patients develop Graves Eye Disease. The eye disease is actually caused by different antibodies than the ones that cause the thyroid problems. Some people have the eye problems without ever having thyroid problems. Most have thyroid problems an no eye problems. The eye problems usually start with a lot (almost constant) tearing and a dry, gritty feeling on they eye surface.
Avatar f tn Something we did not expect was him having Aortic Stenosis. Graves Disease causes numerous symptoms so we thought it was the disease causing his heart problems. He just took the treatment for the Graves so it's going to be a month or so before the treatment starts to show some results. He has another test scheduled next week with an Interventional Cardiologist. I've read alot of material on Graves Disease and Aortic Stenosis, but I have not found any material on having both diseases.
Avatar n tn He was diagnosed with gastroparesis recently. He has a positive small bowel biopsy, intraepithial lymphocytosis. Graves disease runs in the family, paternal grandmother. Please help! He can't go to school and has to quit his beloved soccer. Thank you.
Avatar f tn Similarly, sarcoidosis of the thyroid gland may develop in response to an established thyroid disorder including Gravesdisease, nodular goiter, and thyroid cancer. Patients with Gravesdisease may also have concomitant conditions of sarcoidosis affecting the lungs. Patients with systemic sarcoidosis may also develop sarcoid lesions in various organs including the thyroid gland.
Avatar f tn "Hypoechoic" means it appears darker on the ultrasound than the surrounding tissue. Hypoechoic when used to describe a single thyroid nodule compared to surrounding tissues has a higher probability of being malignant, however, when the entire thyroid gland is described as hypoechoicit often indicates an inflammatory thyroid disease such as Graves or Hashimoto's. Heterogeneous echotexture is usually found in patients with Graves or Hashimoto's as well.
Avatar n tn Can taking to much synthroid cause Graves disease? This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/574071'>Too much synthroid</a>.
Avatar m tn Not necessarily. Graves' disease is far and away the biggest cause of hyper, but there are other causes as well. Initial stages of Hashi's can be hyper or swing back and forth from hypo to hyper. There are several types of "temporary" thyroiditis, including post-partum thyroiditis, deQuervain's thyroiditis and silent thyroiditis, all of which usually have an initial hyper phase, followed by a brief return to normal and a hypo phase.