Can hyperthyroidism be cured with diet and exercise?

Hyperthyroidism is most commonly seen in Graves’ disease, Hashimoto and other diseases, and often cannot be cured by diet and exercise alone, and exercise is not advisable during the flare-ups of certain diseases. Treatment should be tailored to the cause of the disease, taking drugs, radioactive iodine, surgery and other treatment methods. Hyperthyroidism is a thyrotoxicosis caused by too much thyroid hormone in the body, which will cause patients to experience increased excitability in multiple systems such as nerves, blood circulation, digestion, and hypermetabolism, which can be manifested as irritability, trembling of the hands, palpitations, thinning of the body, protruding eyes, enlargement of the thyroid gland, and irritability. Hyperthyroidism is most commonly seen in diseases such as diffuse toxic goiter (Graves’ disease), Hashimoto’s hyperthyroidism, and autonomous high-functioning thyroid nodules. Although diet and exercise are effective for recovery, they do not work as a cure for the disease. Hyperthyroidism needs to be treated for its cause. For example, Graves disease, need to take methimazole, propylthiouracil and other anti-thyroid drugs, but also through radioactive iodine 131, surgery and other methods of treatment, diet can pay attention to reduce the consumption of high iodine-containing foods, such as seafood, kelp, seaweed, etc., acute onset of the recommended bed rest, when the condition is stabilized, can be appropriate exercise. Patients with hyperthyroidism need to go to a professional hospital to clarify the cause of the disease, so as not to delay the condition.