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   What is Graves' disease?

   • Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid gland. The gland produces too much thyroid hormone, a condition known as hyperthyroidism. Thyroid hormones regulate body temperature, heart rate and metabolism. An overactive thyroid causes problems with organs like the heart, as well as bones and muscles. Treatments can help.

   Graves’ Disease: What It Is, Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

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   How does Graves disease affect the body?

   • With Graves’ disease, your immune system attacks your thyroid gland, causing it to make more thyroid hormones than your body needs. As a result, many of your body’s functions speed up. The thyroid is a small gland in your neck that makes thyroid hormones. How common is Graves’ disease?

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   Is Graves' disease treatable?

   • The good news is that Graves’ disease is a manageable and treatable condition. If you’re experiencing symptoms of Graves’ disease or have certain risk factors, such as a family history of thyroid disease, be sure to contact your healthcare provider. They can give you some simple tests to see if your thyroid is making too much thyroid hormone.

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   Does Graves' disease cause hyperthyroidism?

   • The antibody linked with Graves' disease is called thyrotropin receptor antibody (TRAb). TRAb takes over the work of the pituitary hormone. That leads to more thyroid hormone in the body than the body needs. That condition is called hyperthyroidism.

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   Jun 14, 2024 · Graves' disease is an immune system condition that affects the thyroid gland. It causes the body to make too much thyroid hormone. That condition is called hyperthyroidism.

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   What is Graves’ disease? Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease in which your immune system attacks healthy tissue in your thyroid gland for unknown reasons. It’s the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, a condition in which your thyroid gland makes too much thyroid hormone.

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   Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder, in which the body produces antibodies that are specific to a self-protein - the receptor for thyroid-stimulating hormone. (Antibodies to thyroglobulin and to the thyroid hormones T3 and T4 may also be produced.)

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   Jun 14, 2024 · People with Graves' disease most often have lower than usual levels of TSH and higher levels of thyroid hormones. Another lab test measures the levels of the antibody known to cause Graves' disease. If the results don't show antibodies, there might be another cause of hyperthyroidism.

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   Jul 26, 2024 · Graves’ disease is the only kind of hyperthyroidism that can be associated with inflammation of the eyes, swelling of the tissues around the eyes and bulging of the eyes (called Graves’ ophthalmopathy or orbitopathy). Overall, a third of patients with Graves’ disease develop some signs and symptoms of Graves’ eye disease but only 5% ...

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   Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that can cause hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid. The thyroid is a small, butterfly-shaped gland in the front of your neck. Thyroid hormones control the way your body uses energy, so they affect nearly every organ in your body, even the way your heart beats.

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   Jun 23, 2024 · Graves' disease is an autoimmune condition that causes your thyroid to become hyperactive, making it work harder than it needs to. It is one of the most common thyroid problems and...