TED Symptoms: Due to irregular lifestyle, thyroid has taken the form of a common disease. Obesity, weight loss, fatigue, depression, hair fall, lack of fertility, etc. problems arise automatically in the body as soon as the thyroid gland present in the throat becomes unbalanced, which causes a lot of damage to the body. Along with this, thyroid also affects the eyes, which is called TED (Thyroid Eye Disease). In the condition of hyperthyroidism, a rare auto-immune disease occurs in the patient’s eyes, which causes damage to the eyes. Let us know what is TED and how its symptoms look like.
This disease occurs in hyperthyroidism patients
Doctors say that a person suffering from hyperthyroidism is more likely to have TED. In this condition, there is swelling in the muscles of the eyes and the fatty tissues located on the back side of the eye. Although this disease occurs in many people apart from hyperthyroidism patients, but the number of such patients is very less. Patients of hyperthyroidism are more vulnerable to this disease.
What are the symptoms of thyroid eye disease
Talking about TED, it has been called auto-immune syndrome, due to which there is no direct damage to the eyesight, but a lot of problems start appearing in the eyes. In its symptoms, first of all, the person starts seeing blurred, that is, he cannot see clearly. Sometimes he starts seeing two reflections of one thing, that is, things start appearing double. The eyes of such patients sometimes become very dry and sometimes water suddenly starts flowing from them. Redness of the eyes or pain in the eyes can also be counted among the symptoms of TED. These people do not even understand the brightness of the colors, that is, there is a problem in understanding the color of any bright thing.
When will you consult a doctor
In such a situation, it is advised to get a checkup done by an eye specialist and a doctor. Treatment of TED is possible, changes in lifestyle, controlling thyroid and through other medicines have been said to provide relief to the eyes.
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