Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Definition

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a heart disease in which the myocardium of the heart becomes abnormally thick. The thickening of myocardium makes it harder for the heart to pump blood.

Symptoms
The symptoms of hyperthyroidism include rapid heartbeat, fatigue, skin dryness, hand tremors, nervousness or anxiety, irregular heartbeat, weight loss, Increased frequency of bowel movements.

Treatment
Hyperthyroidism can be treated with antithyroid medications like methimazole and propylthiouracil that suppress the production of thyroid hormones. Another way is radioactive iodine therapy which disrupt the cells that produce thyroid hormones. Also, surgery can be used to treat by removing the part or entire thyroid.

Statistics

Being the most important thyroid disease, endemic iodine-deficiency goiter causes economic costs of approximately 2.1 billion DM per year or 1 billion Euros ( ) or 1 billion U.S. dollars. In recent years iodine supplementation of food became better accepted by the German population.