pretibial myxedema การใช้

• One manifestation of myxedema occurring in the lower limb is pretibial myxedema, a hallmark of Graves disease, an autoimmune form of hyperthyroidism.
• Other known triggers for ophthalmopathy include thyroid hormone imbalance, and tobacco smoking, but there has been little research attempting to confirm these are also risk factors for pretibial myxedema.
• Two signs are truly'diagnostic'of Graves'disease ( " i . e ., " not seen in other hyperthyroid conditions ) : exophthalmos and nonpitting edema ( pretibial myxedema ).
• There are suggestions in the medical literature that treatment with radioactive iodine for Graves'hyperthyroidism may be a trigger for pretibial myxedema which would be consistent with radioiodine ablation causing or aggravating ophthalmopathy, a condition which commonly occurs with pretibial myxedema and is believed to have common underlying features.
• There are suggestions in the medical literature that treatment with radioactive iodine for Graves'hyperthyroidism may be a trigger for pretibial myxedema which would be consistent with radioiodine ablation causing or aggravating ophthalmopathy, a condition which commonly occurs with pretibial myxedema and is believed to have common underlying features.