HYPERTHYROIDISM CONDITION

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Hyperthyroidism is a condition in which your thyroid gland is not working normally. It produces excessive thyroid hormones and the person who suffers from this condition experience a lot of symptoms like muscle weakness, extreme nervousness, general weakness, diarrhea, protruded eyes, heat intolerance, irritability, depression and insomnia. Thyroid hormone controls most of the body’s metabolism so even if you’re eating heavily, you still will continue to loose weight and will feel weak and jumpy as long as your thyroid hormone is not normal. Hyperthyroidism causes many of the body’s functions to speed up. About 2 in 100 women, and 2 in 1000 men, develop hyperthyroidism at some stage of their life. It also affects the ability of women to get pregnant.It’s not advisable for people who suffer from hyperthyroidism to get pregnant because it poses a special danger to newborns and infants. It makes the infant prone to sickness and if the mother has severe hyperthyroidism during pregnancy it will be most likely that her child will also have the same condition and there is a risk for the child to be born premature.

One cause for hyperthyroidism is Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder wherein the immune system manufactures thyroid antibodies called as TSI. These antibodies direct thyroid cells to overproduce the thyroid hormone and release into the bloodstream. Many times thyroiditis which is an inflammation of the thyroid gland can also cause hyperthyroidism where inflamed cells produce more thyroid hormones.

Symptoms:

If you’re hyperthyroid you will have this symptoms: heat intolerance, sweating, weight loss, diarrhea, muscle weakness, nervousness, extreme fatigue, insomnia, general weakness and tremor of hands, protruded eyes