Graves disease
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graves Disease.
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Yeah, Grace Diseases.
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An autoimmune condition where your immune system mistakenly attacks your
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thyroid. The cause is unknown, but the effects are on
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young and middle aged women, young or middle aged women,
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and it runs in families.
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Normally, smoking can also increase the risk of graves.
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Disease. Yeah, symptoms.
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Symptoms are excessive sweating, fatigue, heat sensitivity, weight loss, puffy
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eyes, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, no menstrual cycle in
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women, diarrhea, hair loss, hand tremors, insomnia or irritability treatments.
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Treatments include medication medical procedures, which could be radiation therapy,
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and surgery, which would be a thyroid removal.
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The impact impacts are hard time working, low self esteem,
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lower quality of life.
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