Anonymous
    November 7, 1996 at 11:14 am
    Post count: 93172
    #1168137

    Hi Alice–here is some info I found on the web about thyroid storm:

    THYROID STORM

    I. DEFINITION

    A severe life-threatening form of hyperthyroidism; a medical emergency with a mortality rate of 20-40%

    II. ETIOLOGY
    Trauma or illness may cause this in a previously mildly hyperthyroid patient

    III. CLINICAL FINDINGS

    Signs and symptoms consistent with thyrotoxicosis (tachycardia,heat intolerance, weight loss) plus fever, confusion, agitation,weakness, and shock

    Dianne N