A friend of mine is a medical writer, and I think she may have tripped up a bit but now I’m confusing myself, too. Disclaimer: she writes for the general public, so the assumption is that her readers are at an eighth grade reading level.
She wrote:
Quote:
“Graves’ disease is the result of the thyroid producing too much of its hormone.”
The rest of the article simply lists symptoms and treatments, and does not mention autoimmunity whatsoever. Shouldn’t that sentence read:
Quote:
“Graves’ disease is an autoimmune condition that causes the thyroid to produce too much of its hormone.”
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Graves’ isn’t the result of an overactive thyroid – it causes it. Am I right? Sheesh, you’d think I’d know after four years with Graves’!
