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Hi my best friend has thyroid eye disease, but it is worse for her cos she is also completly blind in one eye she has had decompression of the thyroid eye but still one eye is higher than the other. Bcoz of the OP....Can any 1 help? Medically they call it Exolpthamos or abnormal protrusion of the eyeball secondary to graves disease or hyperthyroidism. |
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