International Thyroid Eye Disease Society ITEDS is a non-profit international society, comprised of medical clinicians and researchers, dedicated to educating the public and other physicians about TED, and to conducting research to understand the disease and lead to prevention and cures.This website lists our members and contact information. It also highlights our activities, including past and upcoming conferences, surgical courses, and webinars, and our research endeavors in disease evaluation and management protocols.downloadable VISA and TED-QOL clinical forms, and a comprehensive bibliography.
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Thyroid eve disease (TED) is an orbital autoimmune process associated with systemic thyroid disorders that causes infammation, expansion, andfibrosis of orbital fat and striated muscle. Common clinical features include eyelid retraction and swelling, ocular bulging, restricted eyemovements with double vision, and possible vision impairment from optic nerve compression. these changes can affect both appearance and visual functioning, newer treatment modalities are increasingly becoming available.
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ITEDS is a non-profit society dedicated to educating the public and physicians about TED (Graves Orbitopathy) as well as conducting research to understand the disease and lead to prevention and cures. Please consider donating to our registered society; any amount is gratefully accepted and you will be issued an e-mailed receipt.
