Hashimoto's disease
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What is Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis ? Hashimoto's disease is a disorder that affects your thyroid, a small gland at the base of your neck, below your Adam's apple. The thyroid gland is part of your endocrine system, which produces hormones that coordinate many of your body's activities.
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In Hashimoto's disease, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, your immune system attacks your thyroid gland. The resulting inflammation often leads to an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism). It primarily affects middle-aged women, but also can occur in men and women of any age and in children.
Symptoms of Hashimoto's disease Symptoms of an underactive thyroid include: Fatigue Weight gain Pale, puffy face Feeling cold Joint and muscle pain Constipation Dry, thinning hair Heavy menstrual flow or irregular periods Depression A slowed heart rate Problems getting pregnant
Who Gets Hashimoto’s? Hashimoto’s disease is about 7 times more common in women than in men. It can occur in teens and young women, but more commonly shows up in middle age. People who get Hashimoto’s disease often have family members who have thyroid or other autoimmune diseases.
Causes of Hashimoto’s
Genes. Some people are prone to Hashimoto’s disease because of their genes. Researchers are working to find the gene or genes involved. Gender. Sex hormones also might play a role. This may help to explain why
Hashimoto’s disease affects more women than men. Pregnancy. Pregnancy affects the thyroid.Some women have thyroid problems after having a baby, which usually go away. But about 20 percent of these women develop Hashimoto’s disease in later years. This suggests that pregnancy might trigger thyroid disease in some women. Too much iodine and some drugs may trigger the onset of thyroid disease in people prone to getting it
Its Detection and Treatment
The tests Dr. Gilliland use to detect Hashimoto’s are thyroid peroxidase antibodies and thyroglobulin antibodies. Dr. Gilliland find that about 80 percent of my patients with an unresolved thyroid have these antibodies. Dr. Gilliland treat all patients as though they have an autoimmune thyroid until proven otherwise because
there is no downside - if they have an autoimmune thyroid they will respond positively and if they don’t have an autoimmune thyroid they will respond positively.
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