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Hyperthyroidism is a condition where the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone, leading to a range of symptoms like irritability, muscle weakness, sleep problems, rapid heartbeat, heat intolerance, diarrhea, and weight loss. It matters because these symptoms can significantly affect daily functioning and quality of life, though symptoms vary between individuals and may be less severe in elderly people and during pregnancy.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Hyperthyroidism
- Medical condition.image
- Triiodothyronine.svg
- Medical condition.caption
- Triiodothyronine (T3, pictured) and thyroxine (T4) are both forms of thyroid hormone.
- Medical condition.field
- Endocrinology
- Medical condition.synonyms
- Overactive thyroid, hyperthyreosis
- Medical condition.symptoms
- Irritability, muscle weakness, sleeping problems, fast heartbeat, heat intolerance, diarrhea, enlargement of the thyroid, weight loss
- Medical condition.complications
- Thyroid storm
- Medical condition.onset
- 20–50 years old
- Medical condition.causes
- Graves' disease, multinodular goiter, toxic adenoma, inflammation of the thyroid, eating too much iodine, too much synthetic thyroid hormone
- Medical condition.diagnosis
- Based on symptoms and confirmed by blood tests
- Medical condition.treatment
- Radioiodine therapy, medications, thyroid surgery
- Medical condition.medication
- Beta blockers, methimazole
- Medical condition.frequency
- 1.2% (US)
- Medical condition.deaths
- Rare directly, unless thyroid storm occurs; associated with increased mortality if untreated (1.23 HR)
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Research
57,813 papers- Hyperthyroidism influences renal function.Endocrine · 2019
- Perchlorates in the treatment of hyperthyroidism and thyrotoxicosis: a comprehensive review.Endocrine · 2024
- Hyperthyroidism, bone mineral, and fracture risk--a meta-analysis.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2003
- Does hyperthyroidism worsen prognosis of thyroid carcinoma? A retrospective analysis on 2820 consecutive thyroidectomies.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2018
- [Classification and etiology of hyperthyroidism].Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego · 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Hyperthyroidism (1).jpg
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- Commons category
- Hyperthyroidism
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C3123
- ICPC 2 ID
- T85
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000836
- ICD-9-CM
- 242.90
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Article · 日本語
甲状腺機能亢進症（こうじょうせんきのうこうしんしょう）とは、甲状腺ホルモンの分泌量（活性）が過剰になる疾患である。甲状腺ホルモンは細胞レベルで非常に大切なホルモンであり、体の殆どの組織に影響を及ぼす。の一つ。 この逆は甲状腺機能低下症であり、甲状腺が十分な甲状腺ホルモンを作らない疾患である 徴候や症状は人によって異なり、神経過敏、筋力低下、睡眠障害、心拍数の増加、暑がり、下痢、 甲状腺の肥大、手の震え、体重減少などである。 一般的には、高齢者や妊娠中の症状はそれほど深刻ではない。まれな合併症として甲状腺ストームがあり、これは感染症などの要因で錯乱や高熱などの症状が悪化し、しばしば死に至る。 有病率は、米国では人口の約1.2%である。女性では2～10倍の頻度で発症する 。発症は一般には 20～50歳の間であるが、全体的にはこの疾病は60歳以上の人に多く見られる。
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