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  2. Thyroid disease - Wikipedia

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    Thyroid diseases are highly prevalent worldwide, [10] [11] [12] and treatment varies based on the disorder. Levothyroxine is the mainstay of treatment for people with hypothyroidism, [13] while people with hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease can be managed with iodine therapy, antithyroid medication, or surgical removal of the thyroid ...

  3. Hashimoto's thyroiditis - Wikipedia

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    Between 1993 and 2001, per 1000 women, the disease was found varying between 3.9 and 4.89. Between 1994 and 2001, per 1000 men, the disease increased from 0.65 to 1.01. [120] Changes in the definition of hypothyroidism and treatment options modify the incidence and prevalence of the disease overall.

  4. Hyperthyroidism - Wikipedia

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    The same three treatments used with humans are also options in treating feline hyperthyroidism (surgery, radioiodine treatment, and anti-thyroid drugs). There is also a special low iodine diet available that will control the symptoms providing no other food is fed; Hill's y/d formula, when given exclusively, decreases T4 production by limiting ...

  5. Graves' disease - Wikipedia

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    It occurs about 7.5 times more often in women than in men. [1] Often, it starts between the ages of 40 and 60, but can begin at any age. [6] It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the United States (about 50 to 80% of cases). [1] [4] The condition is named after Irish surgeon Robert Graves, who described it in 1835. [6]

  6. Antithyroid agent - Wikipedia

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    This is a form of targeted therapy for hyperthyroidism. Since even low levels of ionizing radiation are highly mutagenic and can cause cancer, [ 16 ] less toxic iodine isotopes such as iodine-123 [ 17 ] are more commonly used in nuclear imaging , while iodine-131 is used for its cytolytic (cell-destroying) effects in hyperthyroidism and thyroid ...

  7. Thyrotoxic myopathy - Wikipedia

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    The drawback to this treatment is the thyroid gland is completely destroyed and patients often develop hypothyroidism. Some do so only a few months after treatment while others may not be affected for 20–30 years. Hypothyroidism patients must begin a lifelong regimen of thyroid replacement hormones.

  8. Hashimoto's encephalopathy - Wikipedia

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    Thyroid hormone treatment is also included if required. Failure of some patients to respond to this first-line treatment has produced a variety of alternative treatments, including azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, chloroquine, methotrexate, periodic intravenous immunoglobulin, and plasma exchange. No controlled trials have been conducted, so the ...

  9. Euthyroid sick syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Both NTIS and primary hypothyroidism may have reduced fT3 and fT4, and elevated TSH (which is common in the hospital, during the recovery phase of NTIS). [2] Prescribing thyroxine to treat this may lead to lifelong thyroid overtreatment. [2] Hyperthyroidism may be assumed due to decreased TSH and a transient fT4 increase.

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