NEET2016ZoologyChemical Coordination and IntegrationActual
What causes Graves' disease?
Options
- AHyposecretion of thyroid gland
- BHypersecretion of the thyroid gland
- CHyposecretion of adrenal gland
- DHypersecretion of adrenal gland
Correct answer
B. Hypersecretion of the thyroid gland
Step-by-step solution
Grave's disease is due to the hypersecretion of the thyroid gland. Graves’ disease is named for the doctor Robert J. Graves who first described it in a patient in 1835. Graves’ disease is a type of autoimmune problem that causes the thyroid gland to produce too much thyroid hormone, which results in hyperthyroidism. In Graves’ disease, the immune system creates antibodies that cause the thyroid to grow and make more thyroid hormone than the body needs. These antibodies are called thyroid-stimu