Phrm2101

• Hyperthyroidism


  Excessive thyroid hormones
• Hyperthyroidism


  • Most commonly present in adults aged 20
  • More common in females
  • More common in populations with high iodine intake
  • More common in those with family history
• Graves' Disease


  60-80% of all hyperthyroid cases
• Graves' Disease


  • Graves' ophthalmopathy (protruding eyeballs, red/swollen eyes, dry eyes)
  • Graves' dermopathy (reddish thickening of skin)
• Cigarette smoking


  Increases the risk of Graves' disease
• Hypothyroidism


  Lack of thyroid hormones
• Hypothyroidism


  • Most common in females
  • Most common in adults aged over 60 years
  • More common in populations with high iodine intake
• Forms of hypothyroidism


  • Autoimmune hypothyroidism
  • Iatrogenic hypothyroidism
  • Secondary hypothyroidism