Subacute thyroiditis
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Subacute thyroiditis
Alternate Names : De Quervain's thyroiditis, Subacute nonsuppurative thyroiditis, Giant cell thyroiditis, Subacute granulomatous thyroiditis
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What is Subacute thyroiditis?
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Subacute Thyroiditis
Subacute thyroiditis is a temporary condition that passes through three phases: hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and a return to normal thyroid levels.
Subacute Thyroiditis
Hyperthyroid phase of subacute thyroiditis, caused by viral infection or post-partum inflammatory process
Due to thyroid inflammation, excess hormone is released into the blood circulation
Drug-Induced Hyperthyroidism ...
Subacute thyroiditis
Most patients with subacute thyroiditis recover fully after no more than a few months. This condition occasionally recurs, but severe or long-term complications are rare.
Silent thyroiditis ...
Subacute thyroiditis
This condition, also known as De Quervain's thyroiditis, is caused by an inflammation of the thyroid gland, which is probably due to a viral infection.
Subacute Thyroiditis
Subacute thyroiditis is a temporary condition that passes through three phases: hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, and a return to normal thyroid levels.
- Subacute thyroiditis: is due to inflammation that occurs in the parenchyma, which will favor appearance in excess of hormones, as that will cause temporary hyperthyroidism that usually lasts several weeks or even months; ...
Subacute thyroiditis
Symptoms are the same as in postpartum and silent thyroiditis, but the inflammation in the thyroid leads to pain in the neck, jaw, or ear.
There are three main types of thyroiditis: chronic thyroiditis (from autoimmune origin), subacute thyroiditis (from viral infection), and acute suppurative thyroiditis (from bacterial infection).
sore throat may indicate streptococcal pharyngitis, viral upper respiratory infection, infectious mononucleosis, leukemia and subacute thyroiditis; headache may indicate meningitis or encephalitis; chest pain may suggest pulmonary infarction, ...
Subacute thyroiditis—following a viral upper respiratory tract infection
Medical treatments— radiation to the head and neck or surgical removal of part of the thyroid gland (called subtotal thyroidectomy ) ...
Chronic thryoiditis (Hashimoto's disease)
Subacute thyroiditis
Silent thyroiditis
Neonatal hypothyroidism ...
This occasionally develops as a result of chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland (thyroiditis). One rare type of thyroiditis - subacute thyroiditis - causes severe pain in the thyroid gland.
Chronic thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease)
Drug-induced hypothyroidism
Graves disease
Subacute thyroiditis
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis
Toxic nodular goiter ...
The thyroid gland may enlarge in various disorders, including simple nontoxic goiter, subacute thyroiditis, and, less often, thyroid cancer.
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Hypothyroidism
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) II
Painless (silent) thyroiditis
Papillary carcinoma of the thyroid
Subacute thyroiditis
Thyroid cancer
Toxic nodular goiter ...
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One rare type of thyroiditis, known as subacute thyroiditis, causes pain in the thyroid gland. Other types are painless and may sometimes occur after pregnancy (postpartum thyroiditis).
When to seek medical advice ...
 See also: Thyroiditis, Hyperthyroidism, Hyperthyroid, Hypothyroid, Hypothyroidism
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