History: In 1786, Caleb Hillier Parry from England "saw his first patient with a diffuse goiter and hyperthyroidism"(Med.Harvard). In 1825 Caleb Hillier Parry's 8 patient reports were published. "In 1835, Robert James Graves in Dublin described the same disease in six pregnant women", the disease went on to be named after him in Britain and the United States. In 1840, Carl A von Basedow described the disease in three women and the disease was named after him in Europe.
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Symptoms:
Quality of Life:
In some cases graves' disease is accompanied by a seriously impaired quality of life, due to the risk of impaired vision and in some cases being forced into early retirement. |
Treatments:
Treating Graves’ ophthalmopathy:
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Diagnosis:
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