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If a person has suffered from thyroid cancer, and has had their thyroid gland surgically removed in order to treat the cancer, that person would then have the most severe form of hypothyroidism, which is to have no thyroid gland at all.
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Yes. Tornadoes are the most dangerous form of severe weather.
What is the most common form of hypothyroidism?
Most common form is inflamation of the thyroid gland caused by an autoimmune codition called Hashimoto's thyroiditis in which antibodies mistakenly damage the gland.
Most tornadoes form in association with?
Severe thunderstorms
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A severe form of adult hypothyroidism?
Myxedema. It is a rare life-threatening condition, resulting from long-term, undiagnosed hypothyroidism. Symptoms include intense cold intolerance and drowsiness followed by profound lethargy and unconsciousness.
Is myxedema fatal?
A potentially life-threatening complication of myxedema is myxedema coma, which is associated with severe longstanding hypothyroidism. Myxedema coma is not common, but has been known to be most prevalent in the elderly and in women.
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How bad is hypothyroidism?
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