They may recommend surgery if previous treatments haven’t worked or if they suspect you could have thyroid cancer, though thyroid cancer is rare with Graves’ disease. Pregnant patients can ...

Graves disease had similar presentation but a more severe clinical course when isolated than when part of autoimmune polyglandular syndrome.

Graves’ eye disease can cause swelling, dryness, and irritation, but there are ways to cope with the discomfort. Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the ...

The goal of this study was to examine whether anticipation may occur in familial Graves' disease. Our data suggest that there is a generational difference in age at diagnosis in familial cases of ...

Graves' disease affects the thyroid gland and causes ... Treatment for the disease includes radioactive iodine therapy, where the patient takes radioactive iodine by mouth to destroy the cells ...

Nguyen, MD, about managing Graves’ disease during pregnancy ... published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, patients with hypothyroidism may be at an increased risk for medical ...

The differential diagnosis of hyperthyroidism can be resolved in most patients without resorting to TRAb testing. Nevertheless, the presence of TRAb may distinguish Graves' disease from factitious ...

Graves' disease is named after Robert J. Graves, an Irish physician who first described the condition in the early 19th century. Dr Graves provided a detailed account of a patient with symptoms of ...