What is Graves disease?!


Question: What is Graves disease!?
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Graves' disease is the most common form of hyperthyroidism!. It occurs when your immune system mistakenly attacks your thyroid gland and causes it to overproduce the hormone thyroxine!.

The abnormal immune response can affect the tissue behind your eyes as well as parts of your skin!. The higher thyroxine level in Graves' disease can greatly increase your body's metabolic rate, leading to host of health problems!.

Graves' disease is rarely life-threatening!. Although it may develop at any age and in either men or women, Graves' disease is more common in women and usually begins after age 20!.

There's no way to stop your immune system from attacking your thyroid gland, but treatments for Graves' disease can ease symptoms and decrease the production of thyroxine!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Graves' Disease is a type of autoimmune disease that causes over-activity of the thyroid gland, causing hyperthyroidism!. This over-activity is also sometimes called "toxic diffuse goiter!." The thyroid gland helps set the rate of metabolism, which is the rate at which the body uses energy!. When the thyroid is too active, it makes more thyroid hormones than the body needs!. High levels of thyroid hormones can cause side effects such as weight loss, rapid heart rate and nervousness!. This is an uncommon disease that affects 2 percent of all women at some time in their lives!. Graves



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