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• MYXOEDEMA (or athyrea)

MYXOEDEMA (or athyrea)  , the medical See also:

• TERM

term for a constitutional disease (see METABOLIC DISEASES) due to the degeneration of the See also:

• THYROID (Gr. Ovpoea3i'is, shield-shaped, from Ovpeos, a large oblong shield, shaped like a door, Obpa, and eiSos, form)

thyroid gland, and occurring in adults; it may be contrasted with See also:

• CRETINISM

cretinism, which is a See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition appearing in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early childhood . There are two forms, See also:

• MYXOEDEMA (or athyrea)

myxoedema proper and operative myxoedema (cachexia slrumipriva) . (1) Myxoedema has been termed " See also:

• GULL (Welsh gwylan, Breton, goelann, whence Fr. goeland)
• GULL, SIR WILLIAM WITHEY

Gull's Disease" from See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William Gull's observations in 1873 . See also:

• WOMEN

Women are more often the victims than men, in a ratio of 6 to 1 . It frequently affects members of the same See also:

• FAMILY

family and may be transmitted through the See also:

• MOTHER

mother, and it has been observed sometimes to follow exophthalmic See also:

• GOITRE (from Lat. guttur, the throat; synonyms, Bronchocele, Derbyshire Neck)

goitre . The symptoms are a marked increase in bulk and See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of the See also:

• BODY

body, puffy See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance of skin which does not See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit on pressure, the See also:

• LINE

line of the features becoming obliterated and getting coarse and broad, the lips thick and nostrils enlarged, with loss of See also:

• HAIR (a word common to Teutonic languages)

hair, subnormal temperature and marked See also:

• MENTAL

mental changes . There is striking slowness of thought and See also:

• ACTION

action, the memory becomes defective, and the patient becomes irritable and suspicious . In some instances the condition progresses to that of dementia . The thyroid gland itself is diminished in See also:

• SIZE

size, and may become completely atrophied and converted into a fibrous See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass . The untreated disease is progressive, but the course is slow and the symptoms may extend over 12 to 15 years, See also:

• DEATH

death from asthenia or See also:

• TUBERCULOSIS

tuberculosis being the most frequent ending . (2) Symptoms similar to the above me y follow See also:

• COMPLETE

complete removal of the thyroid gland . Kocher of See also:

• BERN (Fr. Berne)

Bern found that, in the See also:

• TOTAL

total removal of the gland by operation, out of 408 cases operative myxoedema occurred in 6g, but it is thought that if a small portion of the gland is See also:

• LEFT

left, or if See also:

• ACCESSORY

accessory glands are See also:

• PRESENT

present, these symptoms will not develop .

The treatment of myxoedema is similar to that of cretinism .