2023年6月23日 · Myxedema is a severe form of hypothyroidism characterized by swelling and thickening of your skin. More severe symptoms, such as hypothermia or shock, could indicate a myxedema crisis requiring...

Characteristic symptoms are weakness, cold intolerance, mental and physical slowness, dry skin, typical facies, and hoarse voice. Results of the total serum thyroxine and free thyroxine index tests usually will confirm the diagnosis.

2023年4月5日 · The construct of “myxedema coma” sets clinicians up for diagnostic failure. Decompensated hypothyroidism may be conceptualized as hypothyroidism causing organ failure . The first organ to fail is generally the brain.

2022年4月22日 · Myxedema refers to a severe form of hypothyroidism than can occur when the condition is left untreated or is not treated sufficiently. The term also applies to the effects that...

Myxedema Facies. The characteristic facies of the myxedematous patient has been the outstanding diagnostic aid in our experience. Once the character-istics of this facies are mentally recorded the diagnosis will almost invariably be made …

2000年12月1日 · Physical findings in myxedema coma (Table 2) may include the classic myxedematous face, which is characterized by generalized puffiness, macroglossia, ptosis, periorbital edema, and...

2024年2月2日 · Myxedema is a life-threatening form of hypothyroidism. Find out the causes, symptoms, and treatment for myxedema coma.

2023年8月14日 · Myxedema coma is a rare fatal condition resulting from long-standing hypothyroidism with loss of the adaptive mechanism to maintain homeostasis. Hypothyroidism due to any cause, including autoimmune disease, iodine deficiency, congenital abnormalities, or medications like lithium and amiodarone, can precipitate myxedema coma if left untreated.

2021年8月2日 · Classically, hypothyroidism presents with pretibial myxedema, hyporeflexia, and cold intolerance. In some cases, facial edema may be the predominant feature, as seen in this patient. Brittle, thinning hair on the scalp and eyebrows is a common feature.

2019年1月17日 · Myxedema coma is a rare syndrome that represents the extreme expression of severe, long-standing hypothyroidism. It is a medical emergency and, even with early diagnosis and treatment, the...