Your thyroid may get larger and cause the front of the neck to look swollen. The enlarged thyroid, called a goiter , may create a feeling of fullness in your throat, though it is usually not painful. After many years, or even decades, damage to the thyroid may cause the gland to shrink and the goiter to disappear.
Several factors may play a role, including 2. The ultrasound also can rule out other causes of an enlarged thyroid, such as thyroid nodules—small lumps in the thyroid gland. The medicine levothyroxine , which is identical to the natural thyroid hormone thyroxine T4 , is the recommended way to treat hypothyroidism. Prescribed in pill form for many years, this medicine is now also available as a liquid and in a soft gel capsule. Some foods and supplements can affect how well your body absorbs levothyroxine.
Examples include grapefruit juice, espresso coffee, soy, and multivitamins that contain iron or calcium. Your doctor may ask you to take the levothyroxine in the morning, 30 to 60 minutes before you eat your first meal. Your doctor will give you a blood test about 6 to 8 weeks after you begin taking the medicine and adjust your dose if needed.
Never stop taking your medicine or take a higher dose without talking with your doctor first. Taking too much thyroid hormone medicine can cause serious problems, such as atrial fibrillation or osteoporosis.
Q: Does having autoimmune thyroiditis make me more likely to have other autoimmune diseases like hepatitis? Many different organs and tissues can be affected by autoimmune disease, including the endocrine glands, nerves, muscles, skin, blood cells, and the digestive system. Autoimmune diseases affect women more frequently than men, and can occur at any age.
Autoimmune thyroid disease is relatively common. Autoimmune thyroiditis occurs when thyroid cells are damaged by the immune system. Finding the appropriate dose, particularly at the beginning, may require testing with TSH every weeks after any dose adjustment, until the correct dose is determined. After that, monitoring of TSH once a year is generally sufficient.
When levothyroxine is taken in the appropriate dose, it has no side effects. However, when an insufficient dose is taken, serum TSH remains elevated and patients may have persistent symptoms of hypothyroidism see Hypothyroidism brochure. If the dose is excessive, serum TSH will become suppressed and patients may develop symptoms of hyperthyroidism or have other side effects see Hyperthyroidism brochure. El folleto de Tiroiditis De Hashimoto. For information on thyroid patient support organizations, please visit the Patient Support Links section on the ATA website at www.
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