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ea0092ps3-24-06 | Thyroid Eye Disease | ETA2023

Perceptions reported by graves’ disease euthyroid patients with ophthalmopathy: A qualitative study

Cesar Reis Juliano , Valladao Lucas , Casagrande Carla , Engelbrecht Zantut Wittmann Denise , Turato Egberto

Introduction: Knowing mental representations about the phenomenon of illness and medical care allows the clinical team to have better emotional handling of their patients, with gains in greater adherence to treatments. GravesÂ’ Ophthalmopathy is an inflammatory disease with primary involvement of the extraocular muscles and orbit, being the most frequent extrathyroidal manifestation of GravesÂ’ disease (GD). Many patients have psychological status changes even after su...