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38 year old female, with bulging protruding eyes from Graves disease underwent bilateral orbital decompression surgery (bone and fat removed from behind the eyeball) resulting in eyeball going back, giving more natural eye shape and function. Preoperative and 3 months postoperative photos are shown.
While Graves' disease can cause many symptoms in various areas of the body, roughly 25%–50% of people will develop symptoms affecting their eyes, known as Graves' disease ophthalmopathy. This article discusses the eye health consequences of Graves' disease and whether treatment can return eye health to normal.
Some patients develop thyroid eye disease in which their eye muscles and tissues swell, causing the eyes to protrude from their sockets (exophthalmos). See a picture of and learn about Graves' disease, an autoimmune thyroid condition, in the eMedicineHealth Image Collection Gallery.
Thyroid eye disease (or TED, also known as Graves' eye disease) is an autoimmune disease. It happens when the immune system is hyperactive. This can damage the thyroid gland as well as other parts of the body, including the the eyes.
About 25% of people with Graves' disease have eye symptoms. Thyroid eye disease affects muscles and other tissues around the eyes. Symptoms may include: Bulging eyes. A gritty feeling in the eyes. Pressure or pain in the eyes. Puffy eyelids or eyelids that don't cover the eyeball all the way. This is called retracted eyelids. Red or inflamed eyes.
While it’s not a given when you’re diagnosed with Graves disease that you’ll develop TED, up to 50 percent of people with Graves’ disease have eye symptoms, most often within six months of...
Graves’ eye disease happens when swelling around the eyes makes them bulge out. It’s caused by Graves’ disease, and it’s also called GED, Graves’ ophthalmopathy, or thyroid eye disease (TED). Graves’ eye disease is often mild and may go away on its own.
Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease in which your immune system attacks healthy tissue in your thyroid gland for unknown reasons. It causes hyperthyroidism. What are the symptoms of Graves’ disease?
Thyroid eye disease can develop alongside Graves’ disease and often goes unrecognized. Symptoms like redness, bulging eyes, and double vision are key markers to watch for.
Thyroid eye disease is a condition that develops if you have an overactive thyroid (hyperthyroidism), caused by Graves’ disease. Other names for this condition are Graves’ eye disease, Graves’ orbitopathy, and Graves’ ophthalmopathy.