[samantha]

in reply to: New to Graves, curious about all this #1070516

hi my daughter is 13yrs old and had an underactive thyroid that was diagnosed last year an she was taking thyroxine .In february this year she took very ill an ended up up in alder hey hospital we were then told she had an overactive thyroid an her meds where stopped . her thyroid level kept goin up even though she was of all meds it went up to 60 an then they said they would treat her so she was given carbimazole propranolol and antiesickness it had been two months by the time she started 2 feel well in herself an was able to come home but why she was home she would complain about not feeling well all day every day and her feet ankles shins had swollen she had a large red patch on her leg that was lumped her eyes where very swollen almost like they were coming out of her head she had a reveiw at the hospital and was kept in they then told us this week that she has graves desease since we have found out about this we dont feel like we have been given alot of information as to what are the long term affects as they also say she has graves desease of the eyes aswell and has very high levels of inflamation in her body not sure what that means my daughter is still in hospital now and is having a byopsey on her legs on tuesday i would appreciate it if anyone can give as much infomation on graves in a child so young and if anyone has had the same experince also what are the long term effects thankyou so much for taking the time to read.samantha.

[samantha]

in reply to: New to Graves, curious about all this #1070514

hi my daughter is 13yrs old and had an underactive thyroid that was diagnosed last year an she was taking thyroxine .In february this year she took very ill an ended up up in alder hey hospital we were then told she had an overactive thyroid an her meds where stopped . her thyroid level kept goin up even though she was of all meds it went up to 60 an then they said they would treat her so she was given carbimazole propranolol and antiesickness it had been two months by the time she started 2 feel well in herself an was able to come home but why she was home she would complain about not feeling well all day every day and her feet ankles shins had swollen she had a large red patch on her leg that was lumped her eyes where very swollen almost like they were coming out of her head she had a reveiw at the hospital and was kept in they then told us this week that she has graves desease since we have found out about this we dont feel like we have been given alot of information as to what are the long term affects as they also say she has graves desease of the eyes aswell and has very high levels of inflamation in her body not sure what that means my daughter is still in hospital now and is having a byopsey on her legs on tuesday i would appreciate it if anyone can give as much infomation on graves in a child so young and if anyone has had the same experince also what are the long term effects thankyou so much for taking the time to read.

[samantha]

in reply to: Newly Diagnosed #1070753

hi my daughter is 13yrs old and had an underactive thyroid that was diagnosed last year an she was taking thyroxine .In february this year she took very ill an ended up up in alder hey hospital we were then told she had an overactive thyroid an her meds where stopped . her thyroid level kept goin up even though she was of all meds it went up to 60 an then they said they would treat her so she was given carbimazole propranolol and antiesickness it had been two months by the time she started 2 feel well in herself an was able to come home but why she was home she would complain about not feeling well all day every day and her feet ankles shins had swollen she had a large red patch on her leg that was lumped her eyes where very swollen almost like they were coming out of her head she had a reveiw at the hospital and was kept in they then told us this week that she has graves desease since we have found out about this we dont feel like we have been given alot of information as to what are the long term affects as they also say she has graves desease of the eyes aswell and has very high levels of inflamation in her body not sure what that means my daughter is still in hospital now and is having a byopsey on her legs on tuesday i would appreciate it if anyone can give as much infomation on graves in a child so young and if anyone has had the same experince also what are the long term effects thankyou so much for taking the time to read.

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