“甲状腺机能亢进症”简称“甲亢”,这种病多见于青年女性,甲亢的典型症状是情绪易于激动、怕热多汗、甲状腺肿、食欲亢进、突眼、心动过速等。这是由于甲状腺分泌甲状腺素增多导致新陈代谢亢进引起的。近年来发现,老年人患甲亢的也不少见,有人统计,60岁以上的老年 “Hyperthyroidism” referred to as “hyperthyroidism”, the disease more common in young women, the typical symptoms of hyperthyroidism is emotionally excited, afraid of hot sweat, goiter, appetite, exophthalmos, tachycardia and so on. This is due to thyroid secretion of thyroid hormone caused by hyper-metabolism. In recent years, found that hyperthyroidism in the elderly are not uncommon, some statistics, more than 60 years of age