Graves Dissease: Affecting Thyroid Gland

Graves’Dissease is an autoimmune disorder which affects the Thyroid gland. Normally, the immune system protects the body from infection by identifying and destroying bacteria, viruses, and other potentially harmful foreign substances…but in autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body’s own cells and organs. Graves’Dissease is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the United States. Hyperthyroidism is a disorder that occurs when the thyroid gland makes more thyroid hormone than the body needs. Thyroid gland makes to thyroid hormones T3 (Triiodothyronine) and T4
(Thyroxine). T3 is made from T4 it is the more active hormone, directly affecting the tissues. Both hormones circulate throughout the body in the blood stream and act on virtually every tissue and cell how does the thyroid make T3 and T4 When the body is in need of T3 and T4 …show more content…
The antibody TSI mimics TSH and attaches to the thyroid cells. This attachment causes the thyroid to produce too much hormones. If you have this disease, your body produces an antibody that tricks your brain into thinking you need more Thyroid hormone, your thyroid works extremely hard to keep making hormones and never stops. When you have Graves’Dissease, your thyroid is hyper, this causes many of the body’s function to speed up. Here is a list of the body function that the hormones can affect: metabolism, brain development, breathing, heart and nervous system functions, body temperature, muscle strength, skin dryness, menstrual cycles, weight, cholesterol levels. The common signs and symptoms of Graves’Dissease: nervousness and irritability, fatigue, muscle weakness, heat intolerance, difficulty sleeping, hand tremors, rapid irregular heartbeat, weight loss, fine hair and hair loss, frequent bowel movements, diarrhea, bulging eyes, sometimes causes a