signs and symptoms
A patient has weight loss despite increased appetite, heat intolerance, sweating, and palpitations. These symptoms happen because thyroid hormone increases the body’s metabolic rate.
What is hyperthyroidism?
name one management treatment of hyperthyroid
antithyroid medication, radioactive iodine, surgery, or symptomatic control with beta-blockers
Excess thyroid hormone increases heart rate and makes the heart more electrically excitable. This can lead to an irregularly irregular rhythm. name one heart problem it can cause?
afib, tachycardia etc
A patient has bulging eyes, lid retraction, and a diffuse goitre. These signs point more strongly toward what disease than other causes of hyperthyroidism.
what is Grave's disease?
A patient with Graves’ disease is treated successfully, but later becomes hypothyroid and needs lifelong thyroid hormone replacement.
radioactive iodine therapy
Long-term hyperthyroidism increases bone turnover, causing bone breakdown to exceed bone formation.
osteoporosis
A patient has symptoms of hyperthyroidism, but also has neck pain/tenderness after a recent viral illness. There is no eye disease or pretibial myxedema.
subacute thyroiditis
they develop worsening palpitations, weight loss, tremor, and anxiety. what is this condition when you legit persist?
persistent thyrotoxicosis
A patient with severe untreated hyperthyroidism develops fever, very fast heart rate, vomiting/diarrhoea, dehydration, and confusion. This is a medical emergency
thyroid storm (severe decompensated thyrotoxicosis)