It attacks women 50 times more often than men.
Most patients regain normal health with treatment.
Patients with Graves' disease produce an excessive amount of thyroid hormone. Antithyroid drug therapy or removal of the thyroid gland surgically or by radioiodine. If left untreated, Graves' disease can be fatal. In most cases, however, normal health can be restored. I diabetes is caused by too little insulin production in the pancreas, and usually occurs in children and young adults, but it can occur at any age.