The most common form of hyperthyroidism is Graves' disease, which occurs when a person's immune system mistakenly attacks the thyroid gland causing it to overproduce the thyroxine hormone. The body's metabolic rate could be greatly increased by this higher thyroxine level, affecting the person in numerous ways, from their physical appearance to their moods.
Only in some extremely rare cases is Graves' disease life-threatening. This disease is more common in women and usually starts after the age of 20, despite the fact that it could develop at any age and in women as well as men.
Treatment for Graves' disease could ease symptoms and decrease the production of thyroxine. However, there's no way of stopping the immune system from attacking the thyroid gland.
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