January is Thyroid Awareness Month. In this blog we would like to discuss Thyroid Eye Disease and how it affects many Americans. Thyroid Eye Disease is an inflammatory disease of the eye and surrounding tissues. It is due to an autoimmune reaction. 90% of patients have Graves' disease (hyperthyroidism), while 10% have either a normal-functioning or under-functioning (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) thyroid. It occurs more frequently in women with most diagnoses occurring between 40-