Symptoms of exophthalmos in hyperthyroidism

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After most people get hyperthyroidism, the most obvious symptom is exophthalmos, which seriously affects their beauty and makes people feel terrible. They think that this person is fierce. If it is severe, it seems that they are about to fall off at any time. Exophthalmos of hyperthyroidism can be divided into two types, one is simple, the other is invasive, If it is simple exophthalmos, with the treatment of hyperthyroidism and gradually reduce, but invasive exophthalmos is not necessarily. Now I will tell you about the symptoms of exophthalmos caused by hyperthyroidism.

Symptoms of exophthalmos in hyperthyroidism

1. Generally speaking, simple exophthalmos will gradually reduce with the treatment of hyperthyroidism, but if it is invasive exophthalmos, it is not necessarily, so for invasive exophthalmos, the main prevention and treatment measures are: eye protection: wear colored glasses, apply eye ointment, high pillow and limit sodium.

2. Invasive exophthalmos can also lead to keratitis, conjunctivitis, so you need to use antibiotic eye ointment, methylcellulose eye drops or hydrocortisone eye drops, eye ointment before going to bed, and cover with clean gauze, raise the head during sleep to reduce eye swelling

3. Need to regularly observe the changes of vision and intraocular pressure, also need to go to the hospital, do pinch out light examination, see if there is epithelial detachment of cornea; If you find that there is a decline in vision, increased intraocular pressure, photophobia, tears, and even see things have double shadow. If these conditions occur, go to see an ophthalmologist to see if you need to do ophthalmic treatment.

matters needing attention

The diet of patients with hyperthyroidism exophthalmos during treatment should pay attention to: (1) taboo spicy food: spicy, raw onion, raw garlic（ 2) Taboo seafood: kelp, shrimp, hairtail（ 3) No strong tea, coffee, tobacco and wine