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Thyroid eye disease (TED) is a rare autoimmune disease that damages tissues around the eyes. An autoimmune disease is a disease that is caused by the body mistakenly attacking itself...

Editor's note: In this article, we use "women" to describe people assigned female at birth and "men" to describe people assigned male at birth.  Women are twice as likely as...

There are many health conditions linked with thyroid eye disease (TED), an autoimmune disease that affects the tissue around the eyes. These conditions include high blood pressure, diabetes, and other...

ENT stands for "ear, nose, and throat" doctor. These doctors are also known more formally as otolaryngologists. They cover anything that has to do with the head and neck, including...

Thyroid eye disease (TED) is an autoimmune disorder. In TED, your body mistakes healthy cells behind your eyes for foreign invader cells and attacks them. Your immune system can attack...

Keratitis can impact people with the autoimmune condition known as thyroid eye disease (TED). Both diseases involve inflammation. In keratitis, the cornea (the see-through layer on top of the iris...

If you are living with thyroid eye disease (TED), your treatment options have been limited until recently. With new treatments available, some people with TED have found relief in their...

Over the years, doctors and researchers have focused more attention to comorbidities, or 2 or more illnesses or conditions that happen at the same time in a person. Comorbid illnesses...

If you are one of the many people with both thyroid eye disease (TED) and Graves’ disease, you are not alone. Up to 5 in 10 people with Graves’ disease...

Getting a diagnosis of an autoimmune disease like thyroid eye disease (TED) can leave you with some unanswered questions. Your doctor will likely tell you that the disease does not...

A vitamin D deficiency means you are not getting enough of the vitamin D your body needs to stay healthy. A 2020 study found that a deficiency in vitamin D...

Researchers have found that low levels of the mineral selenium may contribute to someone developing thyroid eye disease (TED). According to a 2011 study, people with mild TED who took...

Research shows that stress can worsen the signs and symptoms of thyroid eye disease (TED). Stress has the ability to increase the risk of developing the disorder, as well as...

A clinical trial is a type of research. Research is the process scientists use to explain how our bodies work or why our bodies stop working well. Clinical trials are...

Clinical trials have a language of their own. It helps to understand the common terms used when describing a clinical trial before you sign up. Here are some of the...

Clinical trials are medical studies that pose a question: Does a new treatment work better than older treatments? Each year, thousands of treatments are tested in controlled experiments called clinical...