The thyroid gland, located at the front part of the neck, is responsible for making substances called thyroid hormones that are important for all body cells to work properly. People who have myxedema ...

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Myxedema refers to a severe form of hypothyroidism than can occur when the condition is left untreated or is not treated sufficiently. The term also applies to the effects that hypothyroidism can have ...

CORONADO, Calif. — Myxedema coma can be safely and effectively treated with IV levothyroxine, according to recent study findings presented at the American Thyroid Association Annual Meeting. “Myxedema ...

SAN DIEGO — Myxedema coma, a rare but potentially fatal form of decompensated hypothyroidism, can be identified according to key clinical signs and successfully treated in most patients with 500 µg of ...

An 88-year-old Chinese woman was brought to the emergency department by her family, who reported that she had been lethargic and unable to walk or swallow for 3 days. She had been eating an estimated ...

Eating extra veggies is a good goal, but an 88-year-old Chinese woman took the quest too far, consuming enough raw bok choy to send herself into a life-threatening, thyroid-induced coma, doctors say.

Untreated hypothyroidism can cause persistent symptoms like fatigue, dry skin, constipation, and weight gain. It can also lead to potentially serious complications. Hypothyroidism is a condition where ...

We may recognise in myxoedema three principal lines of abnormality. First, intellectual; consisting in slowness of thought, in slowness of volition, in loss of memory, in irritability of temper, in ...

They say you can never be too rich or too thin. But is it possible to eat too many leafy green vegetables? Last year, an 88-year-old woman was admitted to NYU Langone Medical Center in a nearly ...