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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.
(This is because hyperthyroidism caused by pituitary hypersecretion of TSH is very rare.). The symptoms of hyperthyroidism in Graves disease are related to the effects of thyroid hormone on metabolism and cardiac function.Because thyroid hormone increases basal energy expenditure, there is increased heat production and individuals will become heat intolerant.s diagrammed in the figure, when there is less T3 and T4, there is reduced negative feedback inhibition of secretion of the tropic hormones, TRH (thyrotropin releasing hormone; released by the hypothalamus) and TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone or thyrotropin; released by the anterior pituitary).