There was a lot of excitement when Tepezza became the first drug approved for the treatment of thyroid eye disease in January ...

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disorder that primarily affects the thyroid gland. Approximately 27 percent of patients with Graves’ disease in North America will develop an eye disease that is known ...

While surgery may not eliminate all the signs of TED, it can help in restoring eye and eyelid function, reducing discomfort, and improving aesthetic appearances, if a person has concerns about this.

Of these, the optic nerve exam is most important for assessing disease severity, Freitag said. “Compressive optic neuropathy is the most dreaded finding in thyroid eye disease patients,” she said.

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Although there’s no cure for thyroid eye disease (TED), effective treatments and lifestyle changes can help you manage symptoms, such as double vision, eye pain, and dry, irritated eyes. These ...

The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) estimates that thyroid eye disease affects 16 out of 100,000 women and nearly 3 out of 100,000 men.

Most patients with thyroid eye disease treated with teprotumumab didn’t require additional treatments nearly 2 years later, according to industry-supported research being presented Sunday at ...

Thyroid eye disease is often misunderstood, and many myths about the prognosis, symptoms, and treatment persist. Myths about the chronic condition include the misconception that TED develops only ...

Exophthalmometry measurements in orbits that underwent decompression were higher before (22.6 ± 3 mm) and after (19.9 ± 2.6 mm) treatment with teprotumumab vs. before (20.6 mm ± 3.2 mm) and ...

Dear Reader: Thyroid eye disease is actually quite rare. Here in the United States, the incidence rate is about 19 cases per 100,000 people. It is more than 4 times as common in women as it is in men.

All the time leading up to this and almost all the time since, I’ve only had one short “active” period of thyroid eye disease (TED). My only noticeable symptom was double vision, but it went ...