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Endocrine & MetabolicModerate
Hyperthyroidism
Endocrinology & Diabetology · Endocrine & Metabolic
Moderate
Severity
Common — affects a notable proportion of adults, particularly women, though less common than hypothyroidism
Prevalence
No
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by Graves' disease
- 2an autoimmune condition in which antibodies stimulate the thyroid gland to overproduce hormone. Other causes include toxic nodular goitre
- 3where one or more thyroid nodules independently produce excess hormone
- 4and thyroiditis
- 5an inflammation of the thyroid gland that can cause a temporary release of excess stored hormone. Excessive intake of thyroid hormone medication or
- 6rarely
- 7iodine-containing substances can also lead to hyperthyroidism in susceptible individuals.
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