levothyroxine and goiter

My 10 yr old daughter recently was diagnoses with a multinodular goiter and elevated tsh. All other thyroid function normal range. Not autoimune but just started levothyroxine daily, she is on o low dose-1/2 a pill(.25mg) to start out. She has a cold-can she take over he counter cough meds ? She takes her Leve at 6 in the morning. Anyone else out there with a child and thyroid problems? Would love to hear about it-this is all new to me and scary for both of us.

I was placed on Synthroid in efforts to shrink my goiter and was told that my TSH was on the low normal side with T3 and T4 in the normal range. I am having pain just above my goiter on the left side just below the jaw line in front of the ear. I don't have pain on the swollen area though it looks a little odd with two lumps on one side of my neck and one lump on the other. I am having slight pain and fullness feeling in my ear.

I am so confused. I have a multinodular goiter, the thyroid is bulky and the nodules are up to 2 cm but the biopsy showed they were benign. The problem is, my thyroid levels were all normal, but I have every symptom possible of HYPOthyroidism except one or two, and the symptoms are getting worse.

How much of the breathing is due to the goiter and how much is due to anxiety is unknown. I go to see the Endo tomorrow and I just want to be prepared as to how he may handle this. Thank you to anyone who responds! I really appreciate the opinions.

From all my labs and tests, everything looks great so the doctors just diagnosed it as goiter. I did have two nodules, one on each side of the goiter. One was not cancerous and the other was to small to biopsy. Could you shed some light? Thank you!!!

It will show a goiter (inflammation) or nodules. Many of us who are hypo have goiter and nodules. If nodules are small and not suspicious, they're usually just monitored for changes. It can take more than 8 weeks on meds before the thyroid shrinks. Have you had follow-up bloodwork since starting meds? Very frequently, the initial dose is not the correct dose. We have to have further bloodwork and re-evaluate symptoms before reaching an ideal dose.

s (a chronic inflammation of the thyroid due to an immune system attack on the thyroid) with associated goiter and nodules/cysts. In some cases like this we use levothyroxine medication to help prevent goiter growth -- need to look closely at the TSH level, would usually consider meds when >3. Repeating ultrasound in 6 months to re-evaluate the cyst and nodule would be important as if they grow/change then FNA biopsy may be necessary.

He thinks that I have a goiter and Hashimoto Thyroiditis. He says that he wants me to take the medicine and have another US in 3 months to see if it's shrinking or growing. I am so stressed out I can not function. I have neck and shoulder pain and I can feel the enlarged thyroid pressing on my esophogus. I can not sleep well at night 3 hours tops because I feel like I'm choking. I want this thing out but the Endo is against it. My quality of life is very poor right now.

July 26, Dr. Mark, I do appreciate your answer to my previous question about too much levothyroxine. My next question is this, if my dosage of levothyroxine went straight from 50mgc to 150mcg and it started the heart pounding and it hasn't completely stopped in two years and my levothyroxine has now slowly been lowered back to 50mcg, and the problem still exist, what could cause that? Also when my doctor tried to raise it to 75mcg, it started the heart pounding right away.

Not necessarily - we don't use synthroid (levothyroxine) routinely to suppress nodules unless the TSH is high.

he gave me prescription - 3x a day augmentin (co-amoxiclav) and euthyrox (levothyroxine) once a day. will i asked for a second opinion doc? i kinda felt its weird. again thank you so so much for your patience in my inquiry. thank you again doc.

Diagnosed with Hypothyroidism in 2004 and was prescribed 50 mcg of Levothyroxine at that time. In Nov. 2007, has thyroidectomy for goiter causing compression syndrome: left lobe, thymus and right lobe removed. Shortly thereafter was bridged up to 125 mcg Levothyroxine. Started feeling a fullness in my neck in Nov. 2008 but ultrasound showed the thyroid gland was not demonstrated in the ultrasound of the right and left hemimandible made at that time. In Mar.

I have been hyperthyroid ever since, now I have had a radioactive iodine for my nodules and goiter, now I am a little hypothyroid and the doctors have not given any thyroid meds. I have been feeling terrible forever. My recent labs were 2.18 for TSH and .67 for my T4. Help me if you can. What should I do now?? Feeling the symptoms of both the hypo and hyper from time to time.

If you are in a low iodine area maybe it will help, but I think you can get your TSH nice and low as the Dr said below 1 and there is a likelyhood the goitre will shrink on Armour thyroid or if you really have to levothyroxine (not so good in my humble opinion and in my experence but we are all different), Unless you have cancer I think you would be unwise to have your gland removed by the way even if it is offered, its really not needed. Hope you get good treatment.

Does the I-131 treatment stop the thyroid from working also?

I am a 44 year-old female who has just been diagnosed with a sub-sternal thyroid goiter. I am concerned because I just had heart surgery 8 months ago to repair a congenital defect and am still having soreness and tenderness in my rib cage and I understand that sometimes the rib cage has to be split to get all of the sub-sternal goiter out. Ouch! I haven't really had any symptoms except that with I bend over, that area of my throat throbs.

I have already had half of my thyroid removed and have since had a goiter. Biopsy came back clean and a three month try on Armour was a bust. My doctor seems baffled by the results.

s for 6-8 weeks and come back in for labs. At that time she said I had a goiter and sent me for an ultrasound of my thyroid. I can't find the report at this moment but its approximately 2 times the normal size and slightly hyper vascular. NO nodules or anything to worry about that I know of, just a big gland. So I switched doc's because my diagnosing doc was very inattentive and made me feel like my questions didn't warrant her time. So I found a new doc and so far so good.

Was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s (multinodular with goiter) and Rheumatoid arthritis resulting from Sarcoidosis in 2000 and have been taking Levothroxine 0.1mg for years. Last Spring I noticed a change in the size of my goiter and convinced by GP that something was not right. An ultrasound in August 2009 showed an indeterminate hypoechoic mass measuring 2.5cm x 2.3cm x 1.5cm and the thyroid gland had a volume of 20cm3. I was referred to a specialist.

s but normal thyroid function, medication is not mandatory, but a trial of low dose levothyroxine (25mcg for example) may be worthwile. With the goiter/nodules, you may want to see an endocrinologist for consideration of biopsy and further advice.

Thank you for taking the time to respond.

I have thyroiditis of some type too (I have a stupid endo) and something going on with my lymph nodes, but, no idea what it is. I take levothyroxine and it has done nothing for shrinking the goiter or for the swelling. I take ibuprofen for my swelling and it seems to calm it some. I hope you find answers - keep us posted!!

I had a goiter on my thyroid gland and the endocrinologist removed 99% of my thyroid. I have been on synthroid and levothyroxine since then. I have discontinued the use of the meds for about a month or 2. I am concerned about weight loss /weight gain and other health issues. I have been told that you cannot live without a thyroid or the replacement meds. Was wondering if anyone had luck with the natural herbs.

In general, these patients had severe chronic urticaria/angioedema and no other signs of thyroid disease although some patients had a slight goiter. Treatment with levothyroxine caused improvement in the urticaria and angioedema. When treatment was stopped the symptoms returned and then subsided with the continuation of treatment. In the patients without evidence of thyroid antibodies, levothyroxine had no effect.

This is not likely to work well -- the current guidelines suggest against "suppressing" a TSH in order to treat a goiter/nodule -- so no levothyroxine in your case. I the TSH is abnormally high (>3 or 4) then levothyroxine may help. With tracheal deviation the options are surgery or possibly I-131 treatment. Often a biopsy is done first to determine if it is suspiciuos for cancer. Would consider another opinion.

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