Can hyperthyroidism cause complications

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I believe everyone has heard of hyperthyroidism, especially female friends, because it is a disease with high incidence in women. However, many patients do not know what these hazards are. Complications are one of the most serious hazards of hyperthyroidism. The complications of hyperthyroidism include hyperthyroidism crisis, hyperthyroidism heart disease and hyperthyroidism ophthalmopathy. These complications can bring harm to patients with hyperthyroidism Serious impact, please come to a detailed understanding of it.

Can hyperthyroidism cause complications

1、 Hyperthyroidism crisis is a serious complication. When the condition of hyperthyroidism is not under control, due to infection, fatigue, mental tension, inadequate preoperative preparation, radioactive iodine treatment and other stress factors, the condition is aggravated, mainly manifested by increased body temperature, pulse rate, irritability, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, and even hazy consciousness, coma. When the situation is serious, it can be life-threatening, and the mortality is high. With the improvement of medical level In recent years, it has been rare, so prevention should be given priority to. Once it is found, active treatment should be taken. The principle of treatment is to inhibit the production and secretion of thyroid hormone, reduce the response of brain and surrounding tissues to thyroid hormone and general symptomatic treatment. It has been reported in the literature that more active measures have been taken to remove thyroid hormone from the blood, such as exchange transfusion and peritoneal dialysis.

2、 Hyperthyroidism can also cause heart disease. 16~73 years old can be ill, the incidence rate of hyperthyroidism 13.4% to 21.8%, often born in 2~3 years after hyperthyroidism, in addition to the typical clinical manifestations of hyperthyroidism, its ECG often sinus tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, atrioventricular block, ventricular premature beat, myocardial injury and cardiac hypertrophy, cardiac enlargement can be presented as aortic valve, or enlarged heart, hyperthyroidism. The disease should be differentiated from myocarditis, coronary heart disease, rheumatic heart disease and other heart enlargement diseases.

3、 Hyperthyroidism can cause hyperthyroid myopathy. The most common is chronic myopathy with slow onset. Patients often complain of difficulties in squatting, standing up and going upstairs. In addition, periodic paralysis and myasthenia gravis are rare. The main treatment is hyperthyroidism. In addition to symptomatic treatment, there is no special treatment.

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Can hyperthyroidism cause complications in patients? Now friends have understood that the harm of hyperthyroidism is countless, so in order to stay away from these hazards, patients' friends must pay attention to active treatment. Finally, this article wishes the patients to be far away from the complications of hyperthyroidism and recover as soon as possible.