Graves’ disease treatment options from the medical community Doctors prescribe one or more of the three treatment options: radioiodine therapy, antithyroid drugs, or thyroid surgery. Radioiodine therapy is the most commonly used treatment for Graves’ disease in the United States. Radioiodine Therapy In radioiodine therapy, the patient takes radioactive iodine-131 by mouth. Because the thyroid ( Read More…)
What are the symptoms of Grave’s disease?
January 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
People with Graves’ disease may have some of the common symptoms of hyperthyroidism such as: nervousness or irritability fatigue or muscle weakness heat intolerance trouble sleeping hand tremors rapid and irregular heartbeat frequent bowel movements or diarrhea weight loss goiter, which is an enlarged thyroid that may cause the neck to look swollen In addition, ( Read More…)