Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The causes of thyrotoxicosis include hot and Graves disease. Graves’ disease can be associated with Graves eye disease, and thus have a psychological impact on the patient. The treatment of thyrotoxicosis includes medical therapy, surgical therapy, and radioiodine treatment. Treatment of thyroid eye disease includes both medical and surgical therapy in a multidisciplinary setting. Medical treatment using steroids may worsen hyperglycaemia in patients with exis...