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Emphasizing the patient's role in healing, this book provides information about this common form of hyperthyroidism which affects three million people in the US. Topics include basic information on the thyroid and its hormones; Graves' ophthalmology, dermopathy, and acropachy; autoantibodies and autoimmune diseases associated with Graves' disease; genetic and nongenetic influences; allopathic and alternative treatments; special considerations in pregnant women, children and teens; and anecdotes and testimony of patients with Graves disease. Elaine A. Moore is a medical technologist; Lisa Moore is a writer.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Graves' Disease, a common form of hyperthyroidism characterized by a goiter and often a slight protrusion of the eyeballs, currently affects approximately 200 million people worldwide, three million in the United States alone. This work addresses both typical and special concerns of patients with Graves' Disease, discusses its association with related autoimmune disorders, and emphasizes the patient's role in the healing process. Included are chapters with basic information on the disease, the thyroid and its hormones, Graves' ophthalmopathy, dermopathy, and acropachy, the diagnosis of GD, autoantibodies and autoimmune diseases associated with it, genetic and nongenetic influences, allopathic treatments, alternative medicine, special considerations in pregnant women, children, and teens, hyperthyroidism associated with GD, anecdotes and testimony of patients, and resources for further information. A list of medical acronyms and a glossary of medical terms is included

About the Author
Medical technologist and writer Elaine A. Moore resides in Sedalia, Colorado. Her daughter and coauthor Lisa Moore works as a policy analyst for the federal government in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. She lives in Norcross, Georgia.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"Graves' Disease, a common form of hyperthyroidism characterized by a goiter and often an associated eye disease, currently affects approximately 200 million people worldwide, three million in the United States alone." This work addresses both typical and special concerns of patients with GD, discusses its association with related autoimmune disorders, and emphasizes the patient's role in the healing process.

SYNOPSIS

Emphasizing the patient's role in healing, this book provides information about this common form of hyperthyroidism which affects three million people in the US. Topics include basic information on the thyroid and its hormones; Graves' ophthalmology, dermopathy, and acropachy; autoantibodies and autoimmune diseases associated with Graves' disease; genetic and nongenetic influences; allopathic and alternative treatments; special considerations in pregnant women, children and teens; and anecdotes and testimony of patients with Graves disease. Elaine A. Moore is a medical technologist; Lisa Moore is a writer.