Hyperthyroidism: petanda banyaknya thyroid hormone anda!!

Hyperthyroidism merupakan satu term utk menerangkan ‘overactive tissue’ yg berlaku dalam thyroid gland, dimana ia boleh menyebabkan kepada overproduction of thyroid hormone (T4@T3).

Hyperthyroidism juga merupakan faktor penyebab berlakunya thyrotoxicosis iaitu satu kondisi yg menunjukkan peningkatan thyroid hormone didalam darah.

As we know, thyroid hormone memainkan peranan penting dalam mengawal proses2 metabolism yg berlaku dlm body kita.

So, jika terdapat too much thyroid hormone dalam badan, setiap function of the body tends to speed up. That’s why tidak pelik kalau kita lihat, antara symptom2 hyperthyroidism ialah:

·       Nervousness

·       Irritability

·       Increased perspiration

·       Heart racing

·       Hand tremors (tangan gementar)

·       Anxiety

·       Payah nak tidur

·       Thinning of the skin

·       Fine brittle hair

·       muscular weakness—especially in the upper arms and thighs.

·        More frequent bowel movements may occur, but diarrhea is uncommon. ( buang air besar yg kerap tp bukan diarrhea)

·       Weight loss, sometimes significant, despite a good appetite may occur,

·       vomiting

·       for women, menstrual flow may lighten and menstrual periods may occur less often.

In excess, thyroid hormone juga boleh “overstimulate” metabolism & exacerbate (memburukkan) effect of sympathetic nervous system.Antaranya:

·        causing "speeding up" of various body systems and symptoms resembling an overdose of epinephrine (adrenaline).

·        These include fast heart beat and symptoms of  palpitations, nervous system tremor such as of the hands and anxiety symptoms, digestive system hypermotility (diarrhea), considerable weight loss and unusually low lipid panel (cholesterol) levels as indicated by a blood test.

Hyperthyroidism usually begins slowly. Pada peringkat awal, mungkin symptom2nya agar sukar utk disedari. Cthnya, seseorang menganggap kegelisahan yg dihadapi akibat drpd stress. @ pun, ssorg yg sdg cuba mengurangkan berat badan Berjaya mengurangkan berat badan dgn cepat tanpa disedari bahawa hyperthyroidism yg telah mempercepatkan dia punya penurunan berat badan.

berkurangnya berat badan yg cepat adalah salah satu tanda hyperthyroidism

Penyebab utama hyperthyroidism: Grave disease, the eyes may look enlarged because the eye muscles swell and push the eye forward. This can only be resolved surgically by orbital decompression. Graves’ disease sometimes causes the eyes to look like they’re bulging (exophthalmos).

 Some patients have swelling of the front of the neck from an enlarged thyroid gland (a goiter).