Is there a cure for Graves disease?

Nona Lentini: For the most part, Graves' disease is not completely curable. However, it is treatable. This is so perhaps because of the fact that it is a particular type of autoimmune disease, much like rheumatoid arhritis or gout.The main treatment options for Graves' disease include anti-thyroid drugs, surgical removal of the thyroid, and radioactive iodine. Anti-thyroid drugs specifically block the action of thyroid hormone synthesis, and reduces its hyper-production (since this disease is one of the major causes of hyperthyroidism); surgery affords the removal of the thyroid itself, with basic premises that must be met first prior to actual removal of the thyroid, such as preoperative treatment with some anti-thyroid drugs; radioactive iodine is basically the use of another iodine isotope (essentially "radioactive"), perhaps involved in thyroid radiation. Each treatment options have their own advantages and disadvantages, although some treatment options are used first! until resorting to the final one (which is usually radioactive iodine--mainly due to the scare of the word "radioactive").Here's a link for more info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graves-Basedow_diseas...For more treatment options, you can look at this site:http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/graves-disease/DS...Hope this helps!...Show more