Graves’ eye disease can cause swelling, dryness, and irritation, but there are ways to cope with the discomfort. Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the ...

Graves’ disease can also cause Graves’ ophthalmopathy (GO). This condition develops when your immune system begins to attack eye tissue and muscle, leaving your eye sockets swollen and inflamed.

More than one-third of people with Graves’ disease develop Graves’ ophthalmopathy, or thyroid eye disease. It happens when your immune system attacks the tissues around your eyes, leading to ...

bulging eyes, and feeling sweaty or trembling. A PCP can typically make the initial diagnosis of an overactive thyroid, but an endocrinologist is often needed to confirm Graves’ disease as the ...