Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that primarily affects the thyroid gland. Approximately 27 percent of patients with Graves’ disease in North America will develop an eye disease that is known ...

The thyroid gland affects nearly every organ in the body, usually working silently. When it becomes under- or over-active, it can upend life. In Graves' disease, the thyroid goes haywire.

Your Opinion Matters Has thyroid eye disease (TED) affected your vision? Yes, I’ve had problems with double vision. Yes, I’ve had loss of vision. No, TED has not affected my vision.

Graves' disease may lead to complications like thyroid eye disease, thyroid storm, and high risk pregnancy, among others. Learn more about how to manage and prevent these complications.

Blood tests can also show your levels of thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI), an antibody doctors use to diagnose Graves’ disease. TSI can mimic TSH, leading to a goiter (enlarged thyroid ...

Thyroid hormones regulate metabolism, heart rate and body temperature. Graves’ disease affects 2% to 3% of the global population and usually appears before age 30.

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that triggers the thyroid gland to produce more thyroid hormones than the body needs. It’s the most common cause of hyperthyroidism, or an overactive ...

Graves’ disease—which affects about 1% of people in the U.S.—is an autoimmune disorder that occurs when the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend was just diagnosed with Graves’ disease, but I don’t know much about it. I want to be supportive and educate myself. What is Graves’ disease, and how d… ...

Few older adults who undergo total thyroidectomy for treatment of Graves’ disease developed hypoparathyroidism requiring calcitriol therapy, according to data published in Thyroid. “Operative ...

Thyroid-specific symptoms and quality of life improved short-term and long-term for patients who had a thyroidectomy with Graves' disease. Data were derived from Gunn AH, et al. Thyroid. 2021;doi ...

Daisy Ridley has been diagnosed with Graves' disease. The "Star Wars" star, 32, revealed in an interview with Women's Health published Tuesday that she was diagnosed with the autoimmune disorder ...