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How can you have a multinodular goiter on your thyroid but normal blood tests so no treatment needed and some physical symptoms of hypothyroidism?
Symptoms of hypothyroidism:- * Tiredness * Fatigue * Cold intolerance * Constipation * Decreased appetite * Dry skin and hair * Confusion Basically a slowing down of the entire body, most systems are affected. Multinodular goitre: Can be present in hyperthyroidism, which is the complete opposite of the symptoms above, in toxic multinodular goitre. Treatment for a euthyroid (normal tests) multinodular thyroid is recommended to be surgery if required, as giving thyroid hormones (T4) is shown not to be beneficial. See: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/414060
What is an enlargement of the thyroid gland resulting from a deficiency of dietary iodine called?
An enlargement of the thyroid gland that results from a deficiency of dietary iodine is called a goiter. A goiter is inflammation of the thyroid gland. Worldwide, the most common cause of a goiter is due to a lack of iodine in our daily diet.
Is goitre an acute and non infectious?
goitre is an acute and non-infectious disease
What are the symptoms of goitre?
A goiter is the visible swelling of the thyroid gland. A patient may have a goiter and no physical symptoms other than the swelling itself.
How common is goitre?
30-70% of the 2.2 million people who are iodine deficient, have goiter.
What is the disease goiter caused from?
enlargement of thyroid gland known as goitre. it is usually caused by deficiency of iodine.
Is Goitre a contagious disease?
Goiter, which is a swelling of the swelling of the thyroid gland can be due to a few different diseases, but none of them are things you can catch.
How can goitre be prevented?
Goiter is the result of a dietary deficiency, insufficient iodine, and occurs in areas where the foods that people eat do not contain enough iodine because they do not routinely eat seafood and the soils in which their food is grown lacks iodine that can be taken up by the plants. Because seafood normally is a rich source of iodine, those populations with access to fish were historically less likely to experience goiter. Routine consumption of seafood was a very early means of preventing or treating goiter. In more recent decades, the addition of iodine to salt (iodized salt) used on food has prevented goiter in most developed countries.
Why goiter common in Himalayan people?
Himalayas experiences a lot of snow, which leaches iodine out of the soil. Thus, food grown on the soil lacking iodine would therefore have very low iodine content. This leads to low dietary intake of iodine and consequently iodine deficiency. Goitre is a mild symptom of iodine deficiency. The high leaching of iodine from the soil within the region has been attributed to the endemic of goitre in the Himalayas.
What thyroid disease starts with the letter g?
Graves disease starts with the letter G. Goiter is a sign, not a disease in itself. It means enlargement of the thyroid gland.
Why is there a noticeable swelling in the front of the neck of a person who has a goiter?
Goitre is the disease in which thyroid gland swells up
What is the disease goitre?
A Goiter is a a swelling or enlargement of the Thyroid Gland.A goiter is a growth on the body that can be either cancerous or benign. Goiters form due to a strong concentration of cells under the skin.
