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cirilo
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| Hi, I am a thirty two years old man. My family is famous for many things. The one that bothers me the most is Grave's disease. You see, both my mother and grandmother, suffer from this condition. I am a bit familiar with it but some things are unclear. Since I have family history of Grave's, what are my chances? |
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farleigh
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| Posted: 09/22/07 - 21:55 Post subject: |
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| Hi, first of all I must tell you that you have very small chances of getting Grave's disease. Now, I will tell you something about this condition. This is an autoimmune disease. This means that our immune system is causing it. It sometimes sees some tissue of our body as an enemy and acts against it. In this case, the enemy is thyroid gland. The antibodies that are created stimulate this gland to overproduce hormone called thyroxin. As a result symptoms of the Grave's disease occur. This illness is very rare. However, it has been proven that the combination of heredity factors, sex, stress and age stimulate its creation. Why I told you that it is very likely that you will not get Grave’s is because it in most of the cases affects women. Anyway, you can always talk to the doctor so that everything would be professionally explained to you. |
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