Watch the eagles soar overhead and comb the open waters of the beautiful Wisconsin River. Nordic skiing by candlelight on state park trails. Park provides lit cooking grills and a warming fire. Graves disease is an abnormality in the autoimmune system, causing production of antibodies which attach to the thyroid, enlargement of the gland and overproduction of thyroid hormone. Similar antibodies may also cause swelling of the eye muscles and swelling in the skin on the front of the lower leg.
Graves disease occurs in less than of one percent of the general population.
Most people with Graves disease are treated and then managed on hormone replacement. Because some people with Graves disease are misdiagnosed and because it is an illness that occurs in all age groups, education and support continue to be vital. Annually, the second week in January. The patient was his wife. Packers quarterback Bart Starr was named the game s Most Valuable Player.