Grave’s disease is an autoimmune disorder that deals specifically with the thyroid gland. The body makes antibodies that bind to TSHR‚ thyroid- stimulating receptor‚ on the thyroid gland. This leads to hyperthyroidism or a huge increase in the release of hormones from the thyroid gland. Under normal conditions TSH or thyroid stimulating hormone‚ released from the anterior pituitary gland‚ mediates the release of thyroid hormone. This cycle of the production of thyroid hormone is self- regulated by
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that controls your metabolism and growth. In addition your thyroid needs iodine‚ which is a chemical element that absorbs food and water‚ so your thyroid can do its job. There are many different types of thyroid disease such as Hyperthyroidism‚ Hypothyroidism‚ Hashimoto Thyroiditis ‚ and lastly Thyroiditis. Although there are different types of thyroid disease each one affects
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|(15 marks) |Module 2: Lesson 4 ASSIGNMENT | | | | | |This Module 2: Lesson 4 Assignment is worth 15 marks. The value of each assignment and each question is stated in the left margin. | |(15 marks) |Lesson 4 Assignment:
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Hashimoto Thyroiditis I did not know too much about Hashimoto thyroiditis and I wanted to learn about something that I didn’t know a whole lot about. I knew basic things like patients have to take their medication‚ see their doctor‚ and if a female patient gets pregnant to see their doctor immediately. Hashimoto’s disease is a disease known by many names. They are chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis‚ Hashimoto thyroiditis‚ and autoimmune thyroiditis. It was first discovered by a scientist named Hakaru
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Graves’ Disease Hyperthyroidism and Treatments 0 comments Graves’ disease is the leading cause of hyperthyroidism. Complications can include hypertension‚ cardiac arrhythmias and thyroid eye disease but treatments are available. Jim Lowrance Posted on Aug 7‚ 2009 Graves’ disease is an autoimmune condition affecting the thyroid gland that results in abnormally high levels of thyroid hormone to be released into the body causing hyperthyroidism. There is no cure for Graves’ but progression of
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Running Head: GRAVES’ DISEASE Graves’ Disease Graves’ Disease Graves’ disease‚ also known as toxic diffuse goiter‚ is the most common cause (80%) of hyperthyroidism in the United States (Rakel & Bope‚ 2008). Hyperthyroidism is a hypermetabolic disorder that occurs when the thyroid gland makes more thyroid hormone than the body needs (Nettina‚ 2006). Over activity of the thyroid gland leads to high levels of thyroid
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1. The most likely cause of Bado’s hypocalcemia is chronic hypoparathyroidism which is secondary to a thyroidectomy. Hypoparathyroidism may be due to a failure to respond to vitamin D or a deficiency of it or a failure to respond to PTH. With the removal of Bongo’s thyroid‚ that is what caused his low levels of blood plasma Calcium level to be where it was when it was tested. 2. a. Hypocalcemia decreases the concentration of calcium outside of cell which increases the cells excitability and lowers
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Autumn Hamman A&P II Unit 4 Disorders affecting the immune system Graves Disease When you think about diseases and disorders that can attack the immune system one of the first ones that might pop into your mind is Graves’ disease. You may not know what it is or how it effects the immune system but you have heard about it‚ after reading this paper you will have a better understanding of the disease and how it affects your body and your everyday life along with how to manage the disease.
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Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question 1: Make a prediction about the basal metabolic rate (BMR) of the remaining rats compared with the BMR of the normal rat you just measured. Your answer : b. The hypophysectomized (Hypox) rat’s BMR will be higher than the normal rat’s BMR. Predict Question 2: What do you think will happen after you inject thyroxine into the three rats? Your answer : c. The hypophysectomized rat will become hyperthryoidic and develop a goiter. Predict Question 3:
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Rosario Garcia Graves Disease Graves’ disease an immunological disorder that affects about 3 % of the population & almost 10 million people just in the United States. It is a condition where your immune system makes an antibody called TSI or thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin this causes the thyroid gland to generate too much thyroid hormone. There are many factors that play a role when someone gets Grave’ disease. There are some people that are just predisposed to Graves’ disease because of their
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