Hashimoto tiroiditi
Also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, Hashimoto's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Hashimoto disease, struma lymphomatosa, autoimmune thyroiditis
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Key facts
- Other names
- Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, autoimmune thyroiditis, struma lymphomatosa, Hashimoto's disease
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Symptoms
- Weight gain , feeling tired , constipation , joint and muscle pain, cold intolerance, dry skin , hair loss , slowed heart rate
- Complications
- Thyroid lymphoma .
- Usual onset
- 30–50 years old
- Causes
- Genetic and environmental factors .
- Risk factors
- Family history, another autoimmune disease
- Diagnostic method
- TSH , T4, anti-thyroid autoantibodies , ultrasound
- Differential diagnosis
- Graves' disease , nontoxic nodular goiter
- Treatment
- Levothyroxine , surgery
- Frequency
- 2% at some point
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