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The most common cause of thyroid disease is autoimmune. The response of the body's immune system turning on its own cells. In the case of thryoid disease, this causes either an increased or decreased production of thyroid hormone which affects all body systems. It can result in increased blood pressure, irregular heart rate, increased blood sugar, muscle cramps, increased bruising, hair loss, fatigue, depression, memory loss, to name just a few. If left untreated, thyroid disease can be life threatening.
The study compared causes of death among women in 1995 measuring the effect of autoimmune diseases along with the officially recognized causes of death such as cancer and heart disease. The study compared the results for 24 different autoimmune diseases including Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, Addison disease and glomerulonephritis. The study concluded that, as a group, autoimmune diseses are at least the 8th leading cause of death for women 15 to 64 years of age. The authors are calling for additional study to identify cases of autoimmune disease and study the effects. Hopefully, further study would result in more research toward understanding what triggers an autoimmune response and how it can be sucessfully treated.
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