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Graves disease a?

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"Graves disease" is also sometimes called "thyroid storm". It's a condition that sometimes occurs when a thyroid gland turns "on" and won't shut off. When too much thyroxine is produced.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/graves-disease/DS00181

There are a couple treatments for the disease, one involves a medication to allow the thyroid glands to slow production until the body can heal, the other involves destroying the thyroid glands either surgically or through radioactive iodine.
Read about the condition at the above link.

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