Rapid heartbeat and palpitations, increased metabolism, weight loss, nervousness, excitability, profuse perspiration, excessive thirst, muscular weakness, exophthalmos, and the presence of a goiter are symptoms and signs of
A) Graves' disease.
B) primary hyperthyroidism.
C) overproduction of thyroid hormone.
D) all of the above.

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Graves' disease, a condition of primary hyperthyroidism, occurs when the entire thyroid gland hypertrophies, resulting in a diffuse goiter and an overproduction of thyroid hormones.

Rapid Heartbeat and Palpitations, Increased Metabolism, Weight Loss, Nervousness, Excitability