Hyperthyroidism: Difference between revisions

'''Hyperthyroidism''' is the condition that occurs due to excessive production of [[thyroid hormone]]s by the [[thyroid gland]].<ref name=ATA2011/> '''Thyrotoxicosis''' is the condition that occurs due to excessive thyroid hormone of any cause and therefore includes hyperthyroidism.<ref name=ATA2011>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bahn Chair RS, Burch HB, Cooper DS, Garber JR, Greenlee MC, Klein I, Laurberg P, McDougall IR, Montori VM, Rivkees SA, Ross DS, Sosa JA, Stan MN | display-authors = 6 | title = Hyperthyroidism and other causes of thyrotoxicosis: management guidelines of the American Thyroid Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists | journal = Thyroid | volume = 21 | issue = 6 | pages = 593–646 | date = June 2011 | pmid = 21510801 | doi = 10.1089/thy.2010.0417 }}</ref> Some, however, use the terms interchangeably.<ref>{{cite web| vauthors = Schraga ED |title=Hyperthyroidism, Thyroid Storm, and Graves Disease|website=Medscape|url=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/767130-overview|access-date=20 April 2015|date=30 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405111836/http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/767130-overview|archive-date=5 April 2015}}</ref> Signs and symptoms vary between people and may include irritability, muscle weakness, sleeping problems, a [[tachycardia|fast heartbeat]], [[heat intolerance]], [[diarrhea]], [[goiter|enlargement of the thyroid]], hand [[tremor]], and [[weight loss]].<ref name=NIH2012/> Symptoms are typically less severe in the elderly and during [[pregnancy]].<ref name=NIH2012/> AAn complicateduncommon complication is [[thyroid storm]] in which an event such as an [[infection]] results in worsening symptoms such as confusion and a [[hyperthermia|high temperature]] and often results in death.<ref name=Clin2014/> The opposite is [[hypothyroidism]], when the thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormone.<ref>{{cite web|author1=NIDDK|title=Hypothyroidism|url=http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/endocrine/hypothyroidism/Pages/fact-sheet.aspx|access-date=20 April 2015|date=13 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010654/http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/endocrine/hypothyroidism/Pages/fact-sheet.aspx|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref>