The most common cause of thyroid eye disease is Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder which mostly affects women of child-bearing age. Other causes of hyper-thyroidism, with less tendency to affect the eyes, include multinodular goitre, subacute thyroiditis and excessive thyroid hormone medication.
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