Also known as Overactive Thyroid and Graves’ Disease:
Palpitations – undue awareness of heart beat
Rapid and sometimes irregular heart beat
Breathlessness
Hair loss
Brittle nails
Unexplained weight loss
Swelling and or tenderness at front of throat
Hyperactive behaviour. Children tend to be clumsy and drop things
In children they may have grown faster than their peers so that their
height is greater than normal for their age
Difficulty sleeping
Nervousness / Anxiety
Irritability
Aggressive behaviour
Sweating
Heat intolerance
Thirst
Tremor in hands and fingers
Looseness of the bowels, diarrhoea
Weak muscles – the upper muscles of your legs and arms are most likely
to be affected. You may have difficulty in getting up from the squatting
position without using your arms or find it hard to lift a heavy package
down from a high shelf
Rapid pulse
Warm moist hands
Increased appetite
Lack of concentration and memory loss
Eye pain, double vision
Swelling or protrusion of the eyes
Development of painless red lumps, usually on the shins
In women of reproductive years the periods may become scant and sometimes
can prematurely stop