Is hyperthyroidism hereditary? What symptom?

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Now our quality of life is obviously improved, and people pay more attention to their physical condition when they pay attention to quality. Once our body is threatened, the harm to us is extremely terrible. Hyperthyroidism as a very high incidence of disease in recent years, this disease has become a matter of great concern. Is hyperthyroidism hereditary? What symptom? Let's take a look at the detailed introduction.

Is hyperthyroidism hereditary? What symptom?

Hyperthyroidism is a group of common endocrine diseases caused by excessive secretion of thyroid hormone. According to the etiology, it can be divided into primary hyperthyroidism (exophthalmic goiter), secondary hyperthyroidism and hyperfunctional adenoma. Primary hyperthyroidism is the most common, is an autoimmune disease, secondary hyperthyroidism is rare, from nodular goiter. Hyperthyroidism is a difficult disease to cure. Although it is not a persistent disease, it is a hypermetabolic disease caused by excessive secretion of thyroid hormone. Both men and women can have the disease, but young and middle-aged women are more common. The ratio of male to female was 1:4-6.

The induction of hyperthyroidism is closely related to autoimmune, genetic and environmental factors, among which autoimmune factor is the most important. Unfortunately, the occurrence and development of thyroid autoimmunity is still unclear, so it is difficult to find a preventive method.

Hyperthyroidism is indeed related to heredity. Most of the patients with hyperthyroidism are familial. Mothers with hyperthyroidism have higher susceptibility to hyperthyroidism than other people. According to the theory of immunity, hyperthyroidism is an autoimmune disease. Modern studies have proved that hyperthyroidism is an organ specific autoimmune disease induced by stress factors, such as infection and mental trauma, on the basis of heredity. It is an organ specific autoimmune disease caused by the functional defect of suppressive T lymphocytes, which is equivalent to autoimmune thyroiditis and belongs to autoimmune thyroid disease. A survey has shown that 60% of the patients have family quality tendency

matters needing attention

Hyperthyroidism is a kind of disease that will bring us a lot of harm, and even threaten our lives. So when we face the occurrence of this disease, patients should not only actively accept scientific methods of treatment, but also need the best nursing work related to this disease.