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Thyroiditis
(redirected from Hashimoto's thyroiditis)

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thyroiditis [‚thī‚rȯi′dīd·əs]
(medicine)
Inflammation of the thyroid gland.
Thyroiditis 

inflammation of the thyroid gland caused by nonspecific infection (for example, staphylococcosis), specific infection (tuberculosis), poisoning (by lead or carbon monoxide), or autoimmune diseases. Symptoms include pain upon swallowing or moving the head backward, throbbing pain in the ears and lower jaw, elevated body temperature, enlargement of the neck, and tenderness of the regional lymph nodes. The course of thyroiditis may be acute, subacute, or chronic. Treatment calls for the use of antiinflammatory agents, analgesics, antibiotics, corticosteroids, thyroidin, and vitamins. Suppurative thyroiditis is treated surgically.
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Patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis may endure a short period of hyperthyroidism, and it may be best to avoid routine dental treatment during that acute period.
Thyroid disease and oral health by Roggow, Sandi / Access
Such people may suffer from autoimmune conditions such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' disease, or other causes of elevated thyroid activity such as post-partum thyroiditis, sub-acute thyroiditis, drug-induced thyroiditis, or a condition known as autonomous nodular goiter.
Why hyperthyroid patients need carnitine by Goepp, Julius G. / Life Extension
Sometimes Graves' disease is mistaken for papillary carcinoma or Hashimoto's thyroiditis, but other histologic features will help make the distinction.
Diffuse hyperplasia of the thyroid gland (Graves' disease) by Thompson, Lester D.R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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