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Graves' disease. The most common cause of hyperthyroidism is an autoimmune condition called Graves' disease. The body's immune system creates an antibody that causes the gland to make an excessive amount of thyroid hormone. Graves' disease runs in families, and usually affects younger women.
Graves' disease. This is an auto-immune condition and is the commonest cause of an overactive thyroid gland. Toxic adenomas. Nodules develop in the thyroid gland and begin to secrete thyroid hormones, upsetting the body's chemical balance. Some goitres may contain several of these nodules. Subacute thyroiditis. This is where inflammation of the thyroid causes the gland to âleakâ excess hormones, resulting in temporary hyperthyroidism.