Symptoms of drug-induced hyperthyroidism

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Drug induced hyperthyroidism is a kind of disease caused by the increase of thyroxine secreted by thyroid. At present, the etiology is not very clear. There are three main methods for the treatment of hyperthyroidism: drug, iodine-131 radiotherapy and surgery. Drug treatment is usually the first consideration. Drug treatment usually takes more than two years to cure, and the recurrence rate is relatively high, It is not easy to lead to hypothyroidism. Iodine 131 radiotherapy is convenient, with high cure rate and low recurrence, but its disadvantage is high cost and easy to lead to hypothyroidism. Surgical trauma is relatively large, usually suitable for the first two methods of poor treatment or recurrence, as well as some contraindications. Let's talk about the symptoms of drug-induced hyperthyroidism.

Symptoms of drug-induced hyperthyroidism

Nervous system patients are easy to be excited, mental hypersensitivity, tongue and second-hand flat lift forward when stretching out, there are fine tremor, more speech and hyperactivity, insomnia and tension, lack of concentration, anxiety and irritability, more suspicion, sometimes hallucination, even sub manic, but there are also speechless, depression, patients with active tendon reflex, reflex time is shortened. Patients with hypermetabolic syndrome are afraid of heat and sweating, and often have low fever. When in crisis, they may have high fever, palpitation, pulse speed and obvious hyperactivity of stomach, but they lose weight and are tired and weak.

Most of the goiters were diffuse symmetric goiter, a few were asymmetric or obvious goiter. At the same time, thyroid blood flow increased, vascular murmur and tremor could be heard outside the upper and lower lobes, especially in the upper part of the gland. According to the characteristics, this sign is of great significance in diagnosis.

The latter is also called benign exophthalmos. The patients have exophthalmos, gaze or panic eyes; The former is called malignant exophthalmos, which can be transformed from benign exophthalmos. Patients with malignant exophthalmos often have fear of light, tears, diplopia, vision loss, eye swelling and pain, tingling, foreign body sensation, etc. due to the high degree of eyeball protrusion, the eyes can not be closed, and the conjunctiva and cornea are exposed, causing congestion, edema, corneal ulceration, and even blindness. Some hyperthyroidism patients have no eye symptoms or symptoms are not obvious.

matters needing attention

There are many factors in life can cause hyperthyroidism, so after we understand the cause of hyperthyroidism, we should choose appropriate treatment methods to treat hyperthyroidism in time.