Graves disease in the thyroid gland
Common Questions and Answers about Graves disease in the thyroid gland
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And occasionally sarcoidosis of the thyroid gland occurs in association with Graves’ disease and less commonly in patients with toxic multinodular goiter. In addition sarcoid lesions may occur as cold thyroid nodules and be mistaken for thyroid cancer.
Sarcoidosis has been found to be associated with T-cell activation. Consequently, sarcoidosis is suspected of developing as an inflammatory response to a single provocation, which can be another disease.
Please go to the patient to patient forum. Look for Maggiepieannie. Or just put 'Grandbaby born without thyroid" in your title. Maggie has a daughter born without a thyroid. SHe has lots of great info to share.
iodine is a critical component of thyroid hormones. The iodine accumulates in the thyroid; more accumulates when the gland is overactive, as occurs in Graves disease. After a specified amount of time, a probe similar to a Geiger counter is placed over the thyroid and the amount of radioactivity is compared to the amount that was given.
Here are some resources I suggest you research and maybe even talk to others with the same problem to share experiences it may help you feel better about your treatment decision.
Hormone Health Network information on thyroid disorders:
www.hormone.org/Resources/thyroid-disorders.cfm
• American Thyroid Association: www.thyroid.org
• Mayo Clinic: www.mayoclinic.com/health/graves-disease/
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• National Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases Information
Service (NIH): www.endocrine.niddk.nih.
Well I am a 22 year old female, 5'0 ft who used to weigh 85 lbs back in 2007 before I was diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism. I wasn’t anoerexic just built small and short so weighing 85 lbs then was normal.
From the internet: Both Graves' disease and chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's thyroiditis) are autoimmune diseases of thyroid gland.
The odds of hypothyroid turning into Grave's hyperthyroid is extremely uncommon. BUT if you look at the situation the other way Grave's can eventually burn out the gland and then you become hypothyroid
You must be clear in your post. for example.
If you are low thyroid - which I take as a low "function" of the gland - that would mean hypothyroid and your Labs tests would be on the high end.
Thyroid inferno refers to the colour Doppler appearance of the thyroid gland in active Graves disease (inclusive of variants such as Marine Lenhart syndrome), and consists of multiple small areas of colour flow seen diffusely throughout the gland representing increased vascularity and arteriovenous shunting.
Hi, Yes with Hashi it is a blood test to see if you have any Antibodies attacking the thyroid gland, some say the definitive test for Hasi is also a biopsy of the gland.My doctors just went by bloods and a scan to see how it was looking..With graves im not sure but someone on here will help you with that.Graves to my knowledge is an overactive gland?
If you do indeed have Graves, then the endo will present you with some choices, such as monitoring the condition and giving you meds to slow your heart rate, killing the over-active thyroid gland with RAI or removing the thyroid gland. With no thyroid gland, you will need to take thryoid hormone for the rest of your life. Make sure the doctor is testing and treating your FT3 in regards to prescribing thryoid hormone.
Thyroid gland is a bit enlarged on the right side. The thyroid gland is not uniform in texture (heterogeneous); a normal thyroid gland is homogeneous - smooth and uniform texture. Thyroid labs showing hyperthyroidism with low TSH and high free T4. Nodules (or possible growth?) in the right lobe about the size of a small marble.
Thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAb) and thyroid stimulating immunoglobulins (TSI) are testing for autoimmune thyroid disease.
The scan your mum is most likely having is an uptake thyroid scan to see the formation of the thyroid to see if Graves disease is likely here.
How did the doctor arrive a diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis? Off these labs? - If so, nothing tested here could tell you for sure this is a correct assumption she has this.
I think the doctors term Thyrotoxicosis - could mean more possible Graves or hypothyroid disease and not toxicosis as we know it here in the states.
It means your thyroid gland..umm lobe lol hates you.
Dr Lupo mentions this on one of his medhelp answers...
"About 1 in 2000 people are born with only one thyroid lobe --- and usually it's the left that is missing. It does not usually alter thyroid function."
Who needs a left lobe anyway eh? Your right thyroid lobe is not amused as it's doing all the work. :) A normal sized thyroid lobe is about 7 to 11 cc (I believe that is equivalent to ml) per lobe.
When I was on Methimazole, my doctor told me to be careful not to get pregnant. If I remember correctly, the drug inhibits the development of the baby's thyroid gland. I believe she did say PTU could be taken during pregnancy.
While the risk of Graves Eye disease is higher for smokers, not smoking doesn't mean you won't get eye problems. There are antibodies that cause the eye problems, but they are not the same antibodies that cause they thyroid problems.
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