BIO210Y5 Lecture 23: Lec 23 (part 2) (16 A-B)- Jan 24
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Taylor is a 22 year old female who has been experiencing many changes in her body over the last few months. These include an enlargement around her neck, bulging of her eyes, irregular menstrual cycle, inexplicable weight loss and increased and irregular heart beats as well as fatigue, irritability, and hand tremors. Based on all of these symptoms presented to you, what disease do you think taylor could be suffering from: goitre, hyperthyroidism. Thyroid gland: growth, energy metabolism, it is controlled by tsh, thyroid gland requires iodine to produce thyroid hormone. Feeling warm, shortness of breath, weight loss, menstrual cycle, diarrhea, the thyroid gland can be enlarged. Enlargement / swelling of the thyroid gland. Describe how hormones are affected in grave"s disease using the following terms: hyperthyroidism, tsh, thyroid hormone, antibody, and negative. The antibodies result in increase of t3 and t4 (thyroid hormones)
