Does hyperthyroidism mean low or high testosterone?
Hyperthyroidism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Hyperthyroidism Classification and external resources Triiodothyronine (T3, pictured) and thyroxine (T4) are both forms of thyroid hormone. ICD-10 E05. ICD-9 242.9 DiseasesDB 6348 MedlinePlus 000356 eMedicine med/1109 MeSH [1] Hyperthyroidism is the term for overactive tissue within the thyroid gland, resulting in overproduction and thus an excess of circulating free thyroid hormones: thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), or both. Thyroid hormone is important at a cellular level, affecting nearly every type of tissue in the body. Thyroid hormone functions as a stimulus to metabolism and is critical to normal function of the cell. In excess, it both overstimulates metabolism and exacerbates the effect of the sympathetic nervous system, causing “speeding up” of various body systems and symptoms resembling an overdose of epinephrine (adrenaline). These include fast heart beat and symptoms of palpitations, n
