Patients with hyperthyroidism have bulging eyes, i.e., thyroid-related eye disease. In general, hyperthyroidism can be divided into two types: simple and infiltrative.
1. Simple proptosis of the eye:In hyperthyroidism, if the patient's autoimmune function is disordered, the body produces autoantibodies against the thyroid gland, which can lead to sympathetic nerve excitation, levator levator muscle contraction is stronger, and patients are prone to symptoms such as epiphasis contracture, slight protrusion of the eyeball, and decreased blinking. Generally, simple osmosis will disappear with the improvement of hyperthyroidism**;
2. Infiltrative eye provex:Due to the autoimmune response, T lymphocytes recognize the autoantigens of the extraocular muscles, and bind to their antigens to produce a variety of inflammatory factors, resulting in edema of the periocular tissues, and at the same time, the tissue volume of the postorbital orbit increases, and then infiltrative osmosis occurs. In addition to hyperthyroidism, this condition also needs to be carried out with adrenocorticotropic hormones, immunosuppressants and other drugs according to the doctor's instructions**, and severe patients need surgery**.
In addition, in addition to the factors of hyperthyroidism, it is also necessary to consider whether there are other conditions that may lead to the osmosis in patients with hyperthyroidism, such as intraorbital tumors, inflammatory pseudotumors and other space-occupying lesions.
The dangers of hyperthyroidism and bulging eyes may include dry eyes, eye edema or blindness.
1. Dry eyes:Hyperthyroidism may cause poor eyelid closure, exposing the eyeball to the outside world and not closing properly, resulting in dry eyes. Patients can use medications such as ofloxacin eye drops**, which should be used under the guidance of a doctor;
2. Ocular edema:Hyperthyroidism may cause water and salt metabolism disorders in the body, which will stimulate inflammation of the muscles and surrounding tissues of the eyes, resulting in slow return of aqueous humor, excessive pressure of aqueous humor, swelling of the lens and vitreous humor, and increased intraocular pressure, which may lead to eye edema;
3. Blindness:Hyperthyroidism may cause damage to the optic nerve, increase intraocular pressure, compress the optic nerve, cause papilledema, cause optic nerve atrophy, and may lead to blindness.
When the patient has hyperthyroidism, the eyes should be protected, strong light stimulation should be avoided, smoking should be avoided, the diet should be light, the head should be high when sleeping, and the eye movement should be insisted on.