Graves' disease is the most common type of hyperthyroidism. When a person is diagnosed with Graves' disease, this means that there thyroid is making too much thyroid hormone. Some symptoms of Graves' disease are fatigue, irritabilty, weight loss, and a goiter. A goiter is an enlarged thyroid. One of the most common symptoms of Graves' is the eyeballs of these people will look very enlarged. To treat Graves' a person may undergo thyroid surgery or they may have radioiodine therapy performed. With radioiodine therapy the person will swallow a radioactive iodine pill. This pill will kill the thyroid gland.
infomation found at http://endocrine.niddk.nih.gov/pubs/graves retrieved 09/30/10
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