Nutritional Factors in Graves' Disease

Article1 September 1937NUTRITIONAL FACTORS IN GRAVES' DISEASEJ. H. MEANS, F.A.C.P., S. HERTZ, J. LERMANJ. H. MEANS, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, S. HERTZSearch for more papers by this author, J. LERMANSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-3-429 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThat marked grades of malnutrition may result from thyrotoxicosis has been long known. In 1893 it was that Friedrich Müller1 noted the paradox of weight loss in the face of increased food intake and concluded therefrom that there must be in this disease an increased rate of katabolism.Whether or not weight loss or general wasting will occur in Graves' disease depends on whether the appetite increase causes sufficient increase in the ingestion of total calories to offset the increased combustion. Compensatory hyperorexia we may call it. The bank balance, in other words, is determined by the relation of amounts...Bibliography1. MÜLLER F: Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Basedow'schen Krankheit, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1893, li, 335. Google Scholar2. For a description of Dr. H. S. Plummer's test see: Diseases of the thyroid gland, by Plummer and Boothby, Oxford Medicine, Vol. iii, page 914, Oxford University Press, New York. Google Scholar3. LAHEY FH: Quadriceps test for the myasthenia of thyroidism, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1926, lxxxvii, 754. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. AYERMEANSLERMAN JBJHJ: Simulation of progressive muscular atrophy by exophthalmic goiter, Endocrinology, 1934, xviii, 701. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. ASKANAZY M: Pathologisch-anatomische Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Morbus Basedowii, insbesondere über die dabei antretende Muskelerkrankung, Deutsch. Arch. f. klin. Med., 1898, lxi, 118. Google Scholar6. SHORRRICHARDSONMANSFIELD EHBJS: Influence of thyroid administration on creatin metabolism in myxedema of adults, Proc. Soc. Exper. Biol. and Med., 1935, xxxii, 1340. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. AUBBAUERHEATHROPES JCWCM: Studies of calcium and phosphorus metabolism. III. The effects of the thyroid hormone and thyroid disease, Jr. Clin. Invest., 1929, vii, 79. Google Scholar8. MEANSHOLMES JHGW: Further observations on the roentgen-ray treatment of toxic goiter, Arch. Int. Med., 1923, xxxi, 303. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. COWGILLPALMIERI FRML: Studies in the physiology of vitamins. XXII. The effect of experimentally-induced hyperthyroidism on the vitamin B requirement of pigeons, Am. Jr. Physiol., 1933, cv, 146. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. WEISSWILKINS SRW: The nature of the cardiovascular disturbances in vitamin deficiency states, Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys., 1936, li, 341. Google Scholar11. HERTZMEANS SJH: Pronounced weight loss as a precipitating factor in thyrotoxicosis, West. Jr. Surg., 1936, xliv, 534. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Boston, Massachusetts*Presented at the St. Louis meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 21, 1937.From the Thyroid Clinic of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe management of thyrotoxicosisSOME METABOLIC FACTORS IN THE TREATMENT OF HYPERTHYROIDISM*I. DARIN PUPPEL, M.D., E. K. MCCORMICK, M.S., E. HERDLE, M.S.THE HEART IN HYPERTHYROIDISM:† EFFECT OF ANTITHYROID DRUGS AND I 131OSTEOPOROSISKrankheiten der SchilddrüseThyrotoxicosis simulating hyperparathyroidismNeurohormanal bedingte Herzkrankheiten (Pathogenese und Therapie)Preoperative and postoperative treatment of the toxic thyroidDiagnosis and X-Ray Treatment of HyperthyroidismRecent Vitamin Research: II. Vitamins C, B Complex and the Less Well Known Vitamin Factors1 1 September 1937Volume 11, Issue 3Page: 429-436KeywordsEatingHospitalsIngestionMalnutritionNutritionThyroidWeight loss ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1937 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright, 1937, by The American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...