Thyrotoxic Heart Disease

The disease of the graves is an autoimmune disease characterized by an imbalance of the metabolism that results from the overproduction of hormones of thyroid (thyrotoxicosis). The disease of the graves is rarely critical. The disease of the graves is more common in the women and of ordinary the beginnings after having ages 20. The disease of the graves can have a result on the various parties of the body as the nervous system, the eyes, the skin, the hair/nails, the lungs, the system liqueur, the muscles/bone and the breeding system. The disease of Engrave is the cause more familiar of hyperthyroidism. The production of hormone of thyroid is increased, causing a wide range of symptoms of the nervousness and the agitation to the loss of insomnia and weight.

The disease of Engrave is caused by a system abnormal immunized response that attacks the thyroid gland, and causes too many productions of hormones of thyroid. The risk factors are more than 20 woman years old, although the disorder can present itself to any age and can imply men also. Normally, the symptoms of disease of Graves are the same as the hyperthyroidism symptoms, a condition that can be caused by the disease of Graves. The classical symptoms understand a gland of enlarged thyroid (the goitre), anxiety, heat intolerance, the weight loss, perspire, the diarrhea, the tremblings, the palpitations and exophthalmos.

The thyroid storm, a complication of disease of Graves, can take to the heart criticizes, to the liver, or to the kidney insufficiency. The thyroid storm begins suddenly and could be caused by an upsetting event. The signs and the symptoms of storm of thyroid understand extreme irritability, the high arterial tension, the quick cardiac rhythm, vomit, the high fever, the delirium and the coma. Left non-treaty, it can be fatal. The treatment implies the lightening of symptoms and the correction of the state of thyrotoxic. The silly bloqueurs as propranolol frequently are employed to treat symptoms of quick cardiac rhythm, to perspire, and the anxiety until hyperthyroidism is checked.

Hyperthyroidism is treated with the medicines of antithyroid, the radioactive iodine, or surgery. Thyroidectomy is the surgical abduction of all or left the gland of thyroid. Surgery is the favorite treatment for the people with a huge goitre that chronically relapses after drug therapy. The other treatment of Graves 'the disease includes the drugs of antithyroid that diminish the production of hormone of thyroid. Record the eyes closed the night to prevent drying sometimes could be demanded. The decreases of glasses of sun and eye can reduce the irritation of the eyes. Rarely, surgery could be demanded to return the eyes to their normal position.