Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism

A woman was diagnosed with thyroid disease after she sought information from the internet and medical opinion on her symptoms of hair loss, acne, daytime sleeping, weight gain, loss of libido and depression with labile mood swings. She had borderline hypothyroidism detected on a blood test a few years earlier, but this had normalised by a following check-up. Other symptoms of thyroid hormone deficiency include cold intolerance, dry nails and skin, recurrent infections, giddiness, menstrual abnormalities and an enlarged thyroid (goitre). Her mother was also taking thyroid medication for hypothyroidism, but she had irradiation of the neck for Hodgkin's lymphoma and her thyroid dysfunction was believed to be a complication of the treatment. Treatment for hypothyroidism is daily replacement hormone therapy, the levels of which are monitored by an endocrinologist. Hypothyroidism has many causes, the most common is Hashimoto's thyroiditis, which is an auto-immune condition where the body targets the thyroid to be destroyed by disease fighting cells. It is a commonly confused identity as people come to terms with the constant struggle of daily life and disregard their symptoms of fatigue and hair loss to be due to stress.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Useless knowledge.com

Related Disease Topics:

• Hypothyroidism
• Thyroid hormone deficiency
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Auto-immune disease

Related Symptom Topics:

• Hair loss
• Acne
• Daytime sleeping
• Weight gain
• Loss of libido
• Depression
• Labile mood swings
• Cold intolerance
• Dry nails
• Dry skin
• Recurrent infections
• Giddiness
• Menstrual abnormalities
• Enlarged thyroid
• Goitre
• Fatigue

Article Source Details

About: Hashimoto's thyroiditis and hypothyroidism

Date: 26 May 2005

Source: Useless knowledge.com

Author: Mary Payne

URL: http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/may/article378.html

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Undiagnosed and hypothyroidism
• Undiagnosed and Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Undiagnosed and thyroid hormone deficiency
• Undiagnosed and hair loss
• Undiagnosed and acne
• Daytime sleeping (see Drowsiness)
• Undiagnosed and weight gain
• Undiagnosed and loss of libido
• Undiagnosed and depression
• Undiagnosed and labile mood swings
• Undiagnosed and cold intolerance
• Undiagnosed and dry nails
• Undiagnosed and dry skin
• Undiagnosed and recurrent infections
• Undiagnosed and giddiness
• Undiagnosed and menstrual abnormalities
• Undiagnosed and enlarged thyroid
• Undiagnosed and goitre
• Undiagnosed and stress
• Undiagnosed and fatigue
• Undiagnosed and autoimmune disease
• Risk and irradiation of the neck
• Risk and Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Risk and hypothyroidism
• Side effects and irradiation of the neck
• Risk and stress
• Medication and hypothyroidism
• Medication and thyroid hormone deficiency
• Medication and Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Medication and thyroid hormone replacement
• Underdiagnosed and hypothyroidism
• Underdiagnosed and Hashimoto's thyroiditis
• Underdiagnosed and thyroid hormone deficiency
• Underdiagnosed and hair loss
• Underdiagnosed and acne
• Daytime sleeping (see Drowsiness)
• Underdiagnosed and weight gain
• Underdiagnosed and loss of libido
• Underdiagnosed and depression
• Underdiagnosed and labile mood swings
• Underdiagnosed and cold intolerance
• Underdiagnosed and dry nails
• Underdiagnosed and dry skin
• Underdiagnosed and recurrent infections
• Underdiagnosed and giddiness
• Underdiagnosed and menstrual abnormalities
• Underdiagnosed and enlarged thyroid
• Underdiagnosed and goitre
• Underdiagnosed and stress
• Underdiagnosed and fatigue
• Underdiagnosed and autoimmune disease

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