Chapter 18, Problem 27RQ

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The tests that the physician perform to make a positive diagnosis of sherry’s condition. When the sherry tells her physician that she has been restless and irritable lately and she has hard time sleeping and complains of diarrhea and weight loss. The heart rate higher than normal and a fine tremor in her outstretched fingers.

Concept introduction:

The diarrhea and weight loss of the affected individual indicates the hyperthyroidism. In hyperthyroidism, the elevated levels of hormones seen with the T₃ and T₄.