Hyperthyroidism Treatment - Lesson 321
Updating a new post on free medical transcription course blog after an one and half month gap. The delay in posting is due to some personal reasons. Today we are going to see about hyperthyroidism. We are now following abnormal conditions of endocrine system. As we read hyper- means high or overactive, -thyroidism means condition of thyroid gland. Hyperthyroidism means higher secretion of thyroid hormone secretion above its normal condition. This state is also termed as overactive thyroid gland. Thyroid hormones are thyroxine, triiodothyronine and thyroid hormone. Hypothyroidism is another condition, which is opposite to hyperthyroidism with less functioning thyroid gland or less production of thyroid hormones. The other name of hyperthyroidism in medical terms is Grave's disease. It is also termed as thyrotoxicosis. Thyroid gland is formed by glandular cells named as thyroid parenchyma cells. Due to the high growth of thyroid parenchyma glandular cells more production of ...