Graves'
Overactive thyroid condition
Graves' refers to Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder causing the thyroid gland to produce excessive hormones.
Named after Irish physician Robert Graves, who described it in 1835.
Symptoms include weight loss, rapid heartbeat, and bulging eyes.
She was diagnosed with Graves' after months of unexplained anxiety and heart palpitations.
Hormone-producing neck gland
- hyperthyroidismOverproduction of metabolic hormones
- autoimmuneBody attacks itself
- goiterEnlarged thyroid gland
- bulging eyesAbnormally protruding ocular organs
antibodies · metabolism · tremor · weight loss · thyroxine · endocrinologist · palpitations · sweating
Irish capital city
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- medical historyRecord of past ailments
- eponymPerson lending their name
- physicianLicensed medical doctor
diagnosis · syndrome · discovery · pathology · endocrine · medical terminology
thyroid
Hormone-producing neck gland
- hyperthyroidismOverproduction of metabolic hormones
- autoimmuneBody attacks itself
- goiterEnlarged thyroid gland
bulging eyes · antibodies · metabolism · tremor · weight loss · thyroxine · endocrinologist · palpitations · sweating · heat intolerance
Dublin
Irish capital city
- 19th centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- medical historyRecord of past ailments
- eponymPerson lending their name
physician · diagnosis · syndrome · discovery · pathology · endocrine · medical terminology
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