Graves' Disease
Alternate Names : Diffuse Thyrotoxic Goiter
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Graves' Disease Complications
- Eye problems associated with the disease (called Graves' ophthalmopathy or exophthalmos)
- Cardiac complications including rapid heart rate, congestive heart failure (especially in the elderly) and atrial fibrillation
- Thyroid crisis or "storm," a severe worsening or exaggeration of the symptoms of overactivity of the thyroid gland
- Increased risk for osteoporosis
- Inadequate levels of thyroid hormone medications following surgery or radiation can lead to fatigue, elevated cholesterol levels, mild weight gain, depression and mental and physical sluggishness
- Complications related to surgery, including visible scarring of the neck and hoarseness due to damege of the nerve to the voicebox, and low calcium levels due to damge to the parathyroid glands.
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