Hello – I’m sorry to hear about your son’s diagnosis, but I’m glad that you found us.
I don’t recall seeing research on this, but I’ve personally known patients who had issues with bulging prior to diagnosis that went back to normal treatment had been initiated. This seems to be especially true of people who had symptoms in only one eye. The more normal course is that eye symptoms progress over a period of months or years and then eventually reach a stable phase.
Your son is welcome to post here if he has additional questions (or you can do so on his behalf). If you are interested in learning more, the GDATF’s YouTube channel has a number of free educational videos, so that is a great place to start:
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https://www.youtube.com/user/GravesAndThyroid/videos
Take care!
