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Enfermedad de Graves - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Bocio tirotóxico difuso

Síntomas:

  • Ansiedad
  • Agrandamiento de las mamas en los hombres (posible)
  • Dificultad para concentrarse
  • Visión doble
  • Globos oculares que sobresalen (exoftalmos)
  • Irritación ocular y lagrimeo
  • Fatiga
  • Deposiciones frecuentes
  • Bocio (posible)
  • Intolerancia al calor
  • Aumento del apetito
  • Aumento de la sudoración
  • Insomnio
  • Irregularidades menstruales en las mujeres
  • Debilidad muscular
  • Nerviosismo
  • Latidos cardíacos irregulares o rápidos (palpitaciones o arritmias)
  • Inquietud y dificultad para dormir
  • Dificultad para respirar con esfuerzo
  • Temblor
  • Pérdida de peso

Pruebas y exámenes:

Un examen físico muestra un aumento de la frecuencia cardíaca y un examen del cuello puede mostrar agrandamiento de la tiroides (bocio).

Otros exámenes abarcan:

Esta enfermedad también puede afectar los resultados de los siguientes exámenes:

  • Ecografía o tomografía computarizada de la órbita
  • Inmunoglobulina estimulante de la tiroides ( TSI, por sus siglas en inglés)
  • Anticuerpo anti-peroxidasa tiroidea (TPO, por sus siglas en inglés)
  • Anticuerpo antirreceptor de TSH
  • Reviewed last on: 4/20/2010
  • Ari S. Eckman, MD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

AACE Thyroid Task Force. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice fo rthe evaluation and treatment of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. Endocr Pract. 2002;8(6).

Davies TF, Larsen PR. Thyrotoxicosis. In: Kronenberg HM, Melmed S, Polonsky KS, Larsen PR, eds. Williams Textbook of Endocrinology. 11th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 11.

Ladenson P, Kim M. Thyroid. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 244.

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