Board Certified Endocrinologist
This article is based on an expert interview with Damaris Vega, MD, conducted by wikiHow Staff Editors. Dr. Damaris Vega is a board certified Endocrinologist. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico with a BS in General Science and subsequently earned an MD from the Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, PR. During medical school, Dr. Vega served as president of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and was selected as her school's representative for the American Association of Medical Colleges. She then completed a residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, Mineral, and Metabolism at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Vega has been recognized for excellent patient care multiple times by the National Committee for Quality Assurance and received the Patients' Choice Award in 2008, 2009, and 2015. She is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Endocrinologists and is an active member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Diabetes Association, and the Endocrine Society. Dr. Vega is also the founder and CEO of Houston Endocrinology Center as well as a principal investigator for multiple clinical trials at Juno Research, LLC.
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If someone you know has hyperthyroidism, you’re probably eager to help, but you might not be sure how. In this video, endocrinologist Damaris Vega shares the number one best thing you can do for someone who is experiencing hyperthyroidism. She also explains why it’s so important that your loved one gets the treatment they need.
Key Takeaways
- The best thing you can do for someone with hyperthyroidism is encourage them to get treatment and work with a doctor.
- Untreated hyperthyroidism can cause an arrhythmia and even congestive heart failure.
- A doctor can help you friend get their levels under control so they can live a normal life.
Video Transcript
The most important thing to tell your friend is that you have to be examined by a doctor. Because hyperthyroidism, being untreated, can eventually lead you to have an arrhythmia and even congestive heart failure. And the symptoms are very significant, you know, enough to disturb your quality of life. So, you have to go to the doctor, the doctor has to make an assessment and evaluate what is causing the hyperthyroidism and then he will explain the different treatment modalities to, you know, get your levels under control, and then go back to your regular life.
