If someone already has high cholesterol and then gets an overactive thyroid from Graves’ disease, their cholesterol might temporarily get better — making it harder to notice the original problem.

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Dyslipidemia Unmasked by the Treatment of Graves’ Disease: The Link Between Cholesterol Metabolism and Thyroid Hormones

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2025 Aug

When the patient had an overactive thyroid, her cholesterol looked normal, but after treatment, her high cholesterol showed up—meaning the thyroid problem was hiding it.

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Dyslipidemia Unmasked by the Treatment of Graves’ Disease: The Link Between Cholesterol Metabolism and Thyroid Hormones

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.89814

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