classic skin changes are: swelling of your face, which can include your
lips, eyelids, and tongue, swelling and thickening of skin anywhere on your
body, especially in your lower legs)
C- Cushing’s syndrome (when your
...
classic skin changes are: swelling of your face, which can include your
lips, eyelids, and tongue, swelling and thickening of skin anywhere on your
body, especially in your lower legs)
C- Cushing’s syndrome (when your body is exposed to high levels of the
hormone cortisol for a long time. Cushing syndrome, sometimes called
hypercortisolism, may be caused by the use of oral corticosteroid medication.
The condition can also occur when your body makes too much cortisol on its
own. Too much cortisol can produce some of the hallmark signs of Cushing
syndrome — a fatty hump between your shoulders, a rounded face, and pink or
purple stretch marks on your skin. Cushing syndrome can also result in high
blood pressure, bone loss, and, on occasion, type 2 diabetes)
E-Sinusitis (You may feel pressure around your eyes, cheeks, and forehead.
Perhaps your head throbs. Sinusitis usually occurs after a viral upper respiratory
infection or cold and includes thick, discolored nasal mucus, decreased sense of
smell, and pain in one cheek or upper teeth)
Myxedematous coma, which is manifested by coma, hypothermia, severe fluid
and electrolyte imbalances, and cardiovascular collapse, is a life-threatening,
end-stage expression of hypothyroidism.
■■ Hyperthyroidism has an effect opposite to that of hypothyroidism. It produces
an increase in metabolic rate and oxygen consumption, increased use of
metabolic fuels, and increased sympathetic nervous system responsiveness.
Manifestations include nervousness, irritability, a fine muscle tremor, weight loss
despite an increased appetite, excessive sweating, muscle cramps, and heat
intolerance. Graves’ disease is characterized by the triad of hyperthyroidism,
goiter, and ophthalmopathy (exophthalmos or protruding eyeballs) or dermopathy
(pretibial myxedema).
■■ Thyroid storm or crisis, which is manifested by a very high fever, extreme
cardiovascular effects (tachycardia, congestive failure, and angina), and severe
central nervous system effects (agitation, restlessness, and delirium), is an
extreme and life-threatening form of thyrotoxicosis.
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