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    Myxedema (British English: myxoedema) is a term used synonymously with severe hypothyroidism. However, the term is also used to describe a dermatological...
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  • Myxedema coma is an extreme or decompensated form of hypothyroidism and while uncommon, is potentially lethal. A person may have laboratory values identical...
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    Pretibial myxedema (myxoedema in British English, also known as Graves' dermopathy, thyroid dermopathy, Jadassohn-Dösseker disease or myxoedema tuberosum)...
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  • Myxedema psychosis is a relatively uncommon consequence of hypothyroidism, such as in Hashimoto's thyroiditis or in patients who have had the thyroid surgically...
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    when they develop an acute illness. Myxedema coma can be the first presentation of hypothyroidism. People with myxedema coma typically have a low body temperature...
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    Another cutaneous form of edema is myxedema, which is caused by increased deposition of connective tissue. In myxedema (and a variety of other rarer conditions)...
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    symptoms may include thickening of the skin on the shins, known as pretibial myxedema, and eye bulging, a condition caused by Graves' ophthalmopathy. About 25...
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    hormone deficiency (hypothyroidism), including a severe form known as myxedema coma. It may also be used to treat and prevent certain types of thyroid...
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    triiodothyronine (T3). It is most commonly used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma. It can be taken by mouth or by injection into a vein. Side effects...
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    d'orange can also be used to describe the dermopathy seen in the pretibial myxedema of Graves' disease, in which the ankles and shins become swollen and red...
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    sarcoidosis. Some forms of hypothyroidism can result in myxedema and severe cases can result in myxedema coma. Hypothyroidism is managed with replacement of...
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    high cholesterol, heart disease, heart failure, high blood pressure, myxedema, and potential pregnancy problems. Hashimoto's thyroiditis is thought to...
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  • treatment of myxedema with thyroid extract in 1891, and published a description of long-term successful treatment (28 years) of a patient with myxedema (severe...
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    streptococcal infection Lymphadenectomy Hereditary birth defects Pretibial myxedema Other diseases, such as the rare Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome, can initially...
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  • Atypical tuberous myxedema, also known as Jadassohn–Dosseker syndrome, is thought to represent a pure nodular variant of lichen myxedematosus. Skin lesion...
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    Hepatic cirrhosis Hypoproteinemia Nephrotic syndrome Pulmonary atelectasis Myxedema Peritoneal dialysis Pulmonary embolism Meigs' syndrome Obstructive uropathy...
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    disorientation may be in the differential, including hypoglycemia and myxedema coma. In the right setting, hypothermia should be ruled out. Weaver, MF...
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    should be used with caution in cases of liver disease, Addison's disease, myxedema, severe heart disease, severe hypotension, a severe breathing disorder...
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  • hypomagnesemia can cause hypocalcemia. It is also seen in measles, tetanus and myxedema. It can also be found in subjects with respiratory alkalosis, for example...
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    indications of inner health. Hapalonychia is known to occur in persons with myxedema, rheumatoid arthritis, anorexia, bulimia, Hansen's disease, Raynaud phenomenon...
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    mucopolysaccharidosis, neurofibromatosis, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B, myxedema, acromegaly, angioedema, tumors (e.g. carcinoma), Glycogen storage disease...
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  • Brissaud's infantilism, described by Édouard Brissaud in 1907 is now known as myxedema (a form of hypothyroidism); "intestinal infantilism" of Christian Archibald...
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    sugar, excessive urination, excessive thirst, delirium, tremor, pretibial myxedema (in Graves' disease), emotional lability, and sweating. Panic attacks,...
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    cancer spread from other parts of the body. Metabolic: hypothyroidism (myxedema coma), severe protein deficiency Traumatic: penetrating or blunt chest...
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    irregularities, muscle weakness / aches (myalgia), and different forms of myxedema. Hypothyroidism is a state in which the body is not producing enough thyroid...
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    pioneer in the study of the functions of the thyroid gland. He studied myxedema and cretinism, which are caused by a decreased level of the thyroid hormones...
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    the accident) of myocardial infarction, with aggravating "compensated myxedema and cataracts", while skiing. Samuel Allan Kline Chicago, Illinois 26 Physics...
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    syndrome (Gopalan's) Trench foot Causalgia Pachydermoperiostosis Pretibial myxedema Gustatory sweating associated with: Encephalitis Syringomyelia Diabetic...
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    type 2B, multiple mucosal neuroma syndrome, Wagenmann–Froboese syndrome) Myxedema Panhypopituitarism Persistent adrenarche syndrome (adrenal SAHA syndrome)...
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  • measure for refractory cardiorespiratory failure induced by thyroid storm. Myxedema coma Euthyroid sick syndrome Pokhrel B, Aiman W, Bhusal K (2022-10-06)...
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