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Weakness, sweating, weight loss, nervousness, lack of concentration, loose stools, heat intolerance, tachycardia; warm, thin soft moist skin; exophthalmos; stare, tremor, goiter, impatient, insomnia, difficult to fall asleep, sleep full of dream, hungry, dry mouth, dry eyes, skipping menstrual cycles, impotent, frequent bowel movements and bruit.

Laboratory Tests

Radio Immuno Assay (RIA)

Adult Reference Range

4 - 12 µg/dl (SI units: 52 - 154 nmol/L)

Pediatric Reference Range

Newborn: 8 - 20 µg/dl

1 week: 6 -16 µg/dl

1 -12 months: 6 -15 µg/dl

1 -3 years: 5.5 - 13.5 µg/dl

3 -10 years: 5 -12.5 µg/dl

T₄, radio-T₃ resin uptake and radioiodine uptake elevated.

Failure of suppression by T₃ administration.

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甲狀腺機能亢進的臨床症狀：

疲乏無力、多汗、消瘦、心煩、思想不易集中、便溏、怕熱、脈搏快速心悸不寧、皮薄微溫潮濕、眼球突出、凝視、手震顫、頸部甲狀腺結節、﹐性情急躁，失眠、難入睡、多夢、善飢、口乾、目澀、女子閉經，男子陽萎、大便次數增多，心臟雜音。

老年人的甲狀腺機能亢進症狀﹕

淡漠、嗜睡、終日昏昏欲睡、憂鬱、疲乏無力、反應遲鈍、厭食、消瘦等。短期內體重下降10 至20 公斤，消瘦尤以肩、臀部為甚。常有以單系統症狀為主要表現，脈搏快速、心律紊亂，尤以心房纖顫多見，也有以心絞痛、心力衰竭為主要表現者。大便次數增多者較少見，而便秘者多。他們多有手指顫動。約有20 ~30% 的人甲狀腺大小正常或難以摸到。甲狀腺腫大者的結節性腫大居多，少有眼球突出象征。有時會有眼瞼下垂。

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