How is myxedema coma diagnosed?
Treatment will depend on its cause, the patient’s health and age, and the level of her thyroid hormones. Thyroid medicines are given to replace and raise her thyroid hormone levels back to normal. If another disease or condition has triggered this, it will also be treated. Medicines may be given to decrease the symptoms and treat problems such as seizures or infections. Medicines or treatments found to be causing myxedema coma may need to be stopped. The patient may also need to be kept warm, be fed through tubes, or breathe through a machine.
