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How over active would a persons thyroid have to be to cause eye buldging?
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Variable: Patients can have an underactive thyroid, overactive thyroid, or normally active thyroid and have orbitopathy (bulging).
Answered 2/21/2015
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No relation: There's no relationship between the activity of the thyroid gland and the presence of thyroid eye disease. The bulging of the eyes is from an antibody reaction that occurs in people who have a dysfunctional thyroid. It occurs in people who have treated and untreated thyroid disease.
Answered 9/27/2013
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