Definition – What is orbital inflammation? An orbital inflammation is an inflammation of the orbita (eye socket). The orbit forms a bony pit in the skull, in which the eyeball, including the eye muscles, connective tissue, blood vessels and nerves are located. The orbit is closely related to the frontal sinus, the cranial cavity and … Ophthalmic orbititis Augenhöhlenentzu
Graves’ disease affects the thyroid gland. It belongs to the autoimmune diseases. This means that its own immune system turns against the body and thus destroys important cells or tissue. In the vast majority of cases, a characteristic constellation of symptoms can be found that occur together. These are goiter (goiter), tachycardia (tachycardia of the … Graves’ disease
Diagnosis The diagnosis is usually not very difficult to make, since conspicuous concomitant symptoms such as orbitopathy usually occur additionally. After a detailed anamnesis, the thyroid gland can be examined more closely using various imaging techniques. In addition, a blood count should be taken. Here hormone changes can be determined. Initially, it may not be … Diagnosis | Graves’ disease
Therapy The most important point of the treatment of Graves’ disease is undoubtedly the administration of medication to reduce the thyroid gland function, as hyperthyroidism develops, this is done with thyrostatic drugs. These drugs inhibit the release of thyroid hormones. Treatment with medication alone is only used if the disease is in its early stages … Therapy | Graves’ disease
Synonym Endocrine Ophthalmopathy Introduction Endocrine orbitopathy is a disease that affects the eyes and their orbits. It belongs to the group of organ-specific autoimmune diseases. This includes all diseases that attack the body and its organs through misdirected processes and functions of the body’s immune system. This attack can either be on the whole body … Endocrine Orbitopathy
