Graves Disease
Graves' Disease is a disorder that affects the thyroid gland and results in a dramatic change in the body's metabolism. This paper will discuss the manifestations of the disease in the body, recent research on the disease, and how Graves' disease can be treated. By way of background, Graves' disease dates from the early nineteenth century. Robert Graves (1796-1853) was an Irish physician, born in Dublin. He studied medicine in Edinburgh but took his MB in 1818 from Dublin. After a few years of traveling through Europe, he returned to Dublin when he was appointed physician to the Meath hospital. He was an excellent diagnostician, best remembered today for his great description of Grave's Disease (hyperthyroidism) (Chambers, pg. 620). The thyroid gland is a thin, butterfly shaped organ that is located in the lower part of the neck. It lies on the sides and in front of the windpipe, or trachea (drkoop.com). The picture below provides a graphic description of the thyroid. In the diagram, T3 and T4 portray hormones containing iodine. (T4 includes four iodine's and T3 includes three). Of the two, T3 is the more potent. One role of t
www.drkoop.com 1998-2000 drkoop.com. Graves' Disease is located on the fourteenth chromosome, or 14q31 (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.org). There have been many different opinions about the disease and many researchers have studied it. Among them, Bartels (1941), Martin and Fisher (1945), and Skillern (1972). It is the opinion of the majority, that Graves' disease is inherited as a simple autosomal recessive condition, with relative sex limitation to females. A physician can usually determine the type of hyperthyroidism, based on a number of factors, including: the age of a patient, the careful assessment of symptoms, and the size or consistency of the thyroid.
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