Posted by TamaraJ on April 3, 2005, at 20:04:54 [reposted on April 5, 2005, at 1:00:00 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Spent the afternoon/night in the hospital! » Dinah, posted by Phillipa on April 3, 2005, at 19:58:02
Phillipa,
I don't want to sound like an alarmist, but her husband might want to get her back to the hospital ASAP.
What she is experiencing sounds very worrysome! I really don't know much about hyperthyroidism (only what I have read in the past number of months), but one thing I did read about was something referred to as a "thyroid crisis" or "thyroid storm". It is said to be a rare condition in people with hyperthyroidism, but is extremely serious because the heart is especially vulnerable to the thyroid hormone and arrhythmias may occur.
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