The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland in the front of your neck.
It makes hormones that control the way your body uses energy.
Hyperthyroidism or overactive thyroid means your thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormones.
Symptoms include
- Feeling nervousness and irritability
- Hyperactivity
- Difficulty sleeping
- Tremors
- Unexplained weight loss
- Diarrhoea
- Feeling hot and sweaty
- Hair loss
- Palpitations
- Muscle weakness
- Abnormal menstrual periods
- Loss of interest in sex
- Fertility problems.
Diagnosis
A blood test, called thyroid function test, measuring your hormone levels is the only accurate way to find out
whether there's a problem.
Treatment:
Antithyroid medicine and radioactive iodine are the ones doctors use most often.
In a small number of cases, surgery may be done to remove all or some of the thyroid gland.
More resources:
Thyroid UK: The clinical names for an overactive thyroid gland are:
hyperthyroidism (excess of thyroid) and thyrotoxicosis (poisoning by the thyroid)....
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Patient.Info: Hyperthyroidism means a raised level of thyroid hormone.
There are various causes. Graves' disease is the most common cause.......
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NHS UK: Overactive thyroid (also known as hyperthyroidism) is a relatively common
hormonal condition that occurs when there is too much thyroid hormone in the body.......
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Mayo Clinic: Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) is a condition in which your thyroid gland
produces too much of the hormone thyroxine. Hyperthyroidism can accelerate
your body's metabolism significantly.....
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