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What is the chemical used in Grave's disease to destroy tissue of the thyroid gland?
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∙ 9y ago
Grave's Disease is an autoimmune thyroid disorder in which your body is rejecting and destroying your thyroid. There is no way to stop the process, but you can slow it down and lessen the symptoms of the disease.
If you go to an endocrinologist you will be told to take radioactive iodine to destroy your remaining thyroid tissue, and then you will be put on synthetic thyroid hormones that you must take for the rest of your life. The normal end result of Grave's disease is a total loss of thyroid tissue. Radioactive iodine treatment just gets you to that point in a couple of weeks or months rather than having to wait years.
There are natural approaches to treatment for Grave's disease as well. The goal of natural therapies is to support your body while your thyroid is being destroyed by lowering your antibody levels and reducing your symptoms. You may or may not need thyroid hormones (determined by blood tests) during portions of this treatment. The benefit of natural treatments is that you can avoid the negative side effects of radiation.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoFor those with Grave's disease, the chemical used to destroy tissue of the thyroid gland is radioactive iodine. This treatment option is given by mouth. The body absorbs it into the bloodstream and enters the thyroid. Radioactive iodine helps to slowly destroy the thyroid tissue, thus slowing down the overproduction of thyroid hormones.
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An autoimmune thyroid disease that is caused by the thyroid gland being overactive is known as?
Well, Graves Disease is an autoimmune disease that can cause hyperthyroidism Also, Graves can cause Thyroid Eye Disease. So not sure if that has answered your question.
Can blood poisoning cause graves' disease?
No. Graves' disease is an autoimmune disease that causes a overactive thyroid gland.
What makes levels of TSH low in graves disease?
In graves disease, TSH level is lowered by thyroid gland, when it makes more thyroid hormone.
Excessive production of thyroid hormone causes this disease?
Graves disease.
What does hypo function of the thyroid cause?
Graves' Disease
What is the definiton of Graves Disease?
Graves' disease is named after Irish doctor Robert Graves who first identified the condition in 1835. "Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems, Fourth Edition" says this thyroid autoimmune disease causes the body to overproduce thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI), an antibody that targets the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH).
What is a disease that enlarges thyroid glands or goiter and causes bulging eyeballs?
Graves disease, hyperthyroidism
What thyroid disease starts with the letter g?
Graves disease starts with the letter G. Goiter is a sign, not a disease in itself. It means enlargement of the thyroid gland.
What immune system disorder attaches to the thyroid gland causing an overproduction of the thyroid hormone?
Graves' diseasegrave's disease
Graves disease results from too much?
thyroid hormone (thyroxine or T4)
A chronic disease of the immune system that attacks the thyroid gland and causes a goiter is called?
Graves' Disease.
Can thyroid disorder affect the eyes?
The thyroid autoimmune condition Graves' Disease can affect the eyes. Some thyroid patients diagnosed with Graves' may develop a condition known as Graves' thyroid eye disease. As the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center describes, "The eyes are particularly vulnerable to Graves' eye disease, because the autoimmune attack often targets the eye muscles and connective tissue within the eye socket. This occurs because these tissues contain proteins that appear similar to the immune system as those of the thyroid gland."
