Graves' disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. It frequently results in, and is the most common cause of, hyperthyroidism, and it also often results in an enlarged thyroid. Signs and symptoms may include irritability, muscle weakness, sleeping problems, a fast heartbeat, poor tolerance of heat, diarrhea and unintentional weight loss, and about 25 to 30 percent of people with the condition develop eye problems from Graves' ophthalmopathy.
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ICD-10 ChapterIV: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route First DescribedDisputed attribution: the article credits Graves in 1835 for the eponym but notes earlier reports of goiter with exophthalmos by Flajani (1802) and Testa (1810), and a case described by Caleb Hillier Parry in 1786. Causative Agent
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1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
2. World Health Organization: Noncommunicable diseases (fact sheet)
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The main types of NCDs are cardiovascular diseases (such as heart attacks and stroke), cancers, chronic respiratory diseases (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma) and diabetes.
3. Wikipedia: Graves' disease
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Robert James Graves, who described a case of goiter with exophthalmos in 1835.
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Graves' disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter, Basedow's disease or Flajani-Graves-Basedow disease, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid.
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Graves' disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter, Basedow's disease or Flajani-Graves-Basedow disease, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid.
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Major uses of 131I include the treatment of thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroidism) due to Graves' disease, and sometimes hyperactive thyroid nodules (abnormally active thyroid tissue that is not malignant).
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