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GRAVES DISEASE : • Generalized overactivity of the thyroid gland • Thyroid gland has lost the ability to to respond to the normal control by pituitary gland via TSH • Autoimmune disease with antibodies directed against the thyroid gland that make it produce excess thyroid hormone
GRAVES DISEASE • Triggers for graves disease : 1. Stress 2. Smoking 3. Radiation to neck 4. Viral infections • Diagnosed by thyroid scan (diffuse uptake) • Blood test show high TSI (thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin) antibody level
Page 1 and 2: Guest Speaker Dr. Abhishek Agarwal
Page 10 and 11: GRAVES DISEASE • May be associate
Page 12 and 13: THYROIDITIS (inflammation of the gl
Page 14: EXCESSIVE INTAKE OF THYROID HORMONE
Page 18 and 19: HASHIMOTO’S THYROIDITIS • 10 ti
Page 20 and 21: THYROID DESTRUCTION SECONDARY TO RA
Page 22: MEDICATIONS • Methimazole and PTU
Page 25 and 26: ULTRASOUND : 1. If there is concern
Page 27 and 28: RADIOIODINE SCANNING AND UPTAKE 1.
Page 29 and 30: • Best technique to rule out canc
Page 31: HYPOTHYROIDISM : • Started at a l
Page 34 and 35: ANTITHYROID DRUGS • Methimazole a
Page 36 and 37: RADIOACTIVE IODINE THERAPY • Radi
Page 38 and 39: RADIOACTIVE IODINE THERAPY • In g
Page 40: SURGERY • The major complication

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