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Understanding Graves' Disease - Symptoms
What Are the Symptoms?
The symptoms of Graves' disease include:
- Weight loss despite increased appetite.
- Faster heart rate, higher blood pressure, and increased nervousness.
- Excessive perspiration.
- Increased sensitivity to heat.
- More frequent bowel movements.
- Muscle weakness, trembling hands.
- Development of a goiter (enlargement of the thyroid gland, causing a swelling at the base of the neck).
- Bulging eyes.
- Reddish, thickened, and lumpy skin in front of the shins.
- In women, change in frequency or total cessation of menstrual periods.
Call Your Doctor If:
You are feverish, agitated, or delirious, and have a rapid pulse. You could be having a thyrotoxic crisis, in which the effects of too much thyroid hormone suddenly become life-threatening.
WebMD Medical Reference
Reviewed by
John A. Seibel, MD on December 13, 2008
© 2008 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved.
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