老年人患甲状腺机能亢进症(简称甲亢)者比较常见,而且容易漏诊。如有的将甲亢表现推测为老年人脑、心动脉硬化;对表现体重明显减轻的病人误诊为胃肠道恶性疾患存在;对表现高血糖症或尿糖症的病人误诊为糖尿病等,这些都反映了老年人甲亢有其特殊性,应加以熟悉。 Elderly patients with hyperthyroidism (referred to as hyperthyroidism) are more common, and easy to miss. If any, the performance of hyperthyroidism is presumed to be cerebral, cardiac and atherosclerosis in the elderly; misdiagnosed as a malignant gastrointestinal disorder in patients with apparent weight loss; misdiagnosed as diabetes, etc., in patients with hyperglycemia or urinary diabetes Reflects the elderly hyperthyroidism has its own particularity, should be familiar with.