The level of anxiety in women with graves’ disease
Abstract
] At the same time, with the normalization of thyroid function, electroneuromyographic changes disappear much later than vegetative and somatic signs of thyrotoxicosis, which may serve as a criterion for the complete clinical recovery. Typically in this condition complaints include increased excitability, irritability, fussiness, tearfulness, excessive motor activity, emotional instability with a rapid change of mood from agitation to depression. During severe thyrotoxicosis it is not uncommon when mental disorders reach the severity of a psychotic or depressive disorder, but apathetic-abulic syndrome can be noted rarely. There are possibilities of other changes, such as changes in the level of consciousness (psychomotor agitation, sopor), up to dementia. Thus, the pathology of the neuromuscular system includes myasthenic syndrome in 10-75% of patients, encephalopathy in 70.8-91.5% and polyneuropathy in 0-4.7%. 2-3 Based on the abovesaid, we set the goal: to study the level of anxiety in women with GD depending on the activity of the disease.