About 1yr ago, I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. I went to many drs. and lots of blood work, well eventually they told me that it just burned itself out. So I was fine, however, about a month ago, I noticed I had one eye smaller then the other, the drs told me it was due to my thyroid, but all of my tests are normal, My question is, does anyone have any ideas why this is happening?
2007-03-03 02:29:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Women's Health
Exophthalmos, popping eyes or bulging eyes are one of the side effects for hyperthyroidism in some people. You should have been under treatment with medicines, not just blood tests. I am not sure about it burning out by itself. Anyaway, even now medical treatment may be helpful. See an endocrinologist who specialises in such cases.
2007-03-03 03:02:25 · answer #1 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. Usually you start with an underactive thyroid which makes your body build antibodies against it, making it then overactive. Your gland might then burn off ( that's when they start giving you synthetized hormone) but the antibodies are still in your body, and the next thing they attack are the muscles behind your eyes, causing proptosis or protruding eye. This is a benign condition if caused by thyroid antibodies, that most of the times will go back to normal on its own. Sometimes doctors prescribe corticosteroids to ease off the swelling.
You can try sleeping with two pillows under your head so fluids won't accumulate in that area of your body, drink pleany of water and try to avoid stress since stress is one of the detoners ofr exoftalmos.
Go to your doctor for treatment, but do some research on your own. I had this condition 6 years ago, exercise helped me a great deal, and so did relaxing techniques. My eye went back to normal some 2 months after i started doing yoga and i didn't need an operation or drugs.
2007-03-03 10:55:00 · answer #2 · answered by AMBER D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im hyperthyroid too. (graves disease) and have a goiter on my neck. so i will need to remove my thyroid as soon as my doc says im ready. when your thyroid is overactive, it affects your breathing, heartrate, bp, and your eyes. if they dont get meds to control your thyroid, your eyes do change. wit the meds, it tells your thyroid to stop producing and your eyes might get back to normal. if the meds dont work, there are eyedrops to help, but jus the doc can prescribe. make sure you go to a specialist though. ive seen many docs, and the specialist is the only one who was able to answer the question. good luck.
2007-03-03 11:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by LL 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋