70% of patients were euthyroid and about 5% were
hyperthyroid irrespective of anti-TPO positivity.
The authors in this rat model study suggested that control of hyperthyroidism can inhibit the development of cirrhosis reflecting a direct effect of
hyperthyroid function on liver.
The thyroid status before RAI was also recorded as hypothyroid, euthyroid or
hyperthyroid to access its effect on the post RAI outcome.
Thirty three of these participants were
hyperthyroid while twenty two were hypothyroid.
Out of the total 55 patients, 14 (25.5%) were euthyroid, 30 patients (54.5%) were
hyperthyroid and 11 ( 20%) patients were hypothyroid.
demonstrated that vascular endothelium is a specific target of thyroid hormone evidenced by marked basal vasodilation contributed by excessive endothelial nitric oxide production coupled by exaggerated vascular reactivity because of enhanced sensitivity of the endothelial component and increased vasoconstrictory response to norepinephrine during the
hyperthyroid state.
Thus, development of thyroid cancer within a
hyperthyroid gland was thought to be uncommon.
A randomized study in 18 Graves'
hyperthyroid patients by Roti et al.
Furthermore, an enhanced functional connectivity exists between temporal poles and DMN regions, including the precuneus, inferior parietal lobule, medial frontal cortex, cingulate cortex, ventromedial orbitofrontal cortex, and hippocampus in drug-induced
hyperthyroid patients [15].
The
hyperthyroid state is associated with bone demineralization resulting in decreased bone mineral density.
Patients were considered to have GD if they had a previous history of known GD, or were biochemically
hyperthyroid with evidence of ophthalmopathy, dermopathy or thyroid-antibody positivity.
He was seen by an unnamed nurse practitioner who listed "orthostatic hypotension, viral illness,
hyperthyroid and deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism" as possible causes, Mrs Jones said.