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Thyroid Eye Disease is an inflammatory condition which affects the orbital contents including the extraocular muscles and orbital fat. It is almost always associated with Graves’ disease (GD) but may rarely be seen in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, primary hypothyroidism, or thyroid cancer. The ocular manifestations of Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) include soft tissue inflammation, eyelid retraction, proptosis, corneal exposure, and optic nerve compression.

The signs and symptoms of the thyroid eye disease are characteristic. These include lid retraction, lid lag, and a delay in the downward excursion of the upper eyelid in down gaze that is specific to TED.

Thyroid Eye Disease is also called: Graves’ Opthalmopathy,Thyroid Associated Orbitophaty, Graves’ Continue Reading

As any other medical problem, hypothyroidism develops some symptoms. Hypothyroidism or underactive thyroid consists of the following symptoms: exceeded weight gain and a round and puffy face, loss of the eyebrows, abnormal reactions to cold, low sex drive. These general symptoms might come along with other specific symptoms such as abdominal bloating, cold hands and feet, dry and thin hair, muscle or even joint pain, a thicken skin or thin, brittle fingernails.

These specific hypothyroidism symptoms can be divided into two groups depending on the stage of the disease.

The early symptoms are generally attributed to stress or aging. These early hypothyroidism symptoms generally consist of a permanent tiredness and oversensitivity to cold. Among the general symptoms Continue Reading

Rating a few of the articles in this category ‘Causes of hair loss ‘I wanted to add a personal perspective . First though , general causes of hair loss :-

Damage by excessive hair treatments such as perms , colours , blowdrying and hair straightening . Many of these techniques and products are much better than years ago , but are still not ideal . As a lady with greying hair who has it regularly coloured at the hairdressers I have seen my hair quality decline . Some of this is due to the different texture of aging hair some is not . Particularly if you over treat your hair ,and do it yourself , you may damage your hair to the extent were it starts to break or fall out .

Medical treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy can cause hair to fall out almost Continue Reading

The thyroid gland is the largest endocrine gland in the body. It sits below the Adam’s apple at the front of the neck. It’s main function is to regulate the bodies metabolism. If it is not working correctly the body may have too much thyroxine, as in Hyperthyroidism, or not enough, as in Hypothyroidism. Both will cause problems but Hyperthyroidism is more life threatening. Sometimes, as with all parts of the body, the Thyroid Gland can become cancerous. Treatments will depend on what Thyroid disorder you have and your age.

OVERACTIVE THYROID GLAND OR HYPERTHYROIDISM

When I was finally diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism I was in my late twenties. I was treat initially with a course of Carbimazole taken as daily medication by way of pills. Regular blood tests are Continue Reading

What is Weight loss ?

Unintentional weight loss is a decrease in body weight that is not voluntary. In other words, you did not try to loss the weight by dieting or exercising.
Any condition in which you lose your appetite for an extended period of time—a chronic illness like cancer, for example—can strip you of pounds. One of the most common of these anti-appetite diseases is a chronic infection.

What are the main causes of weight loss?

AIDS

Cancer

Depression

Diarrhea that is chronic (lasts a long time)

Drugs, including amphetamines, chemotherapeutic agents, laxative abuse, and thyroid medications

Drug abuse

Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and Continue Reading