Tag: exophthalmopathy

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[Return to Yesterday] of Hyperthyroidism Patients

One day, a [strange] patient came to the clinic: He is tall and gentle, but he wears a pair of swimming glasses. After taking off the glasses, I saw a pair of bloodshot, [glaring eyes] eyes. He said that he had hyperthyroidism three years ago, and his eyes gradually protruded. Even his sleeping eyes could not be closed. His eyes were dry and severe, so he could only wear swimming glasses to solve it. He was diagnosed with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, I thought I only needed to treat hyperthyroidism, But I didn’t expect his protruding eyes to bring greater influence to his life. Originally, he was sunny and handsome and aged a lot. The character also became withdrawn. I lost my Read More …

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Thyroid gland has problems, but also have to be careful of eye involvement

I have a mentor who is a chief physician of orbital diseases. In his clinic, besides patients with various eye tumors, there are also a large number of patients with [thyroid-related eye diseases]. These patients, like many of our readers, may have many questions in their hearts. But the director is too busy to find time to answer them. So for a long time, we small doctors played the role of interpreter. The WeChat public number of thyroid doctor, like this [little doctor], explains thyroid-related knowledge to everyone. Today, we will talk about this special eye disease. Is what a thyroid-related ophthalmopathy? Some thyroid diseases belong to autoimmune diseases, that is, the immune system mistakenly attacks the human body’s own Read More …

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How to treat thyroid eye disease? Can it be cured?

The treatment of thyroid-related ophthalmopathy is a very [personalized] process. As the clinical manifestations and severity of each person vary greatly, the treatment methods may also vary greatly. Some patients only gradually found that the eyeball was a little prominent, or the eyelid was a little [elevated], which did not affect their eyesight or other discomfort. Some patients have obvious eyeball protrusion, pain and discomfort in a short period of time, and even acute vision loss. Although the treatment schemes for the two patients will be very different, there are still some similarities. Medical treatment, control thyroid function normal and stable Maintaining normal and stable thyroid function is the primary focus of treatment. Please follow the advice of endocrinologists for Read More …

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Hyperthyroidism exophthalmia is not beautiful, can surgery correct it?

Before, we shared with you the drug treatment methods for thyroid-related ophthalmopathy (click to read < < How to treat thyroid ophthalmopathy? Can it be cured? > >). Finally, it is also mentioned that many patients are concerned about the appearance of hyperthyroidism exophthalmos, which cannot be solved by drugs.Can surgery solve this problem? Today we will talk about the surgical treatment of hyperthyroidism exophthalmos. Thyroid-related ophthalmopathy can be divided into active phase and stable phase. Active phase refers to the active stage of orbital tissue inflammation of patients. In the stable period, there was no obvious inflammatory activity and the disease condition was relatively stable. The purpose of surgery is different in different disease stages. 1. Active Period During Read More …