Thyroiditis is the denaturalization, effusion, putrescence, hyperplasia of thyroid tissue caused by virus, bacteria, radiation an auto immune system
- Acute Thyroiditis
- Painless Thyroiditis
- Subacute Thyroiditis / De Quervain’s
- Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis / Hashimoto Thyroiditis
- Chroic Invasive Fibrous Thryoiditis / Ridedel’s
Acute Thyroiditis
Characteristic:
• Patients get inflection in thyroid gland with purulence.
• Patients feel cold, fever, with great pain in neck.
• White cell number increasing.
Treatment:
1. Patients need to visit Western Doctor first!
2. Western doctor will clean the purulence with operation.
3. Patients can take Thyroid Throu after operation.
Painless Thyroiditis
Characteristic:
• Patients with hyperthyroid symptoms.
• Patients with racing heart, heavy sweat, losing weight.
• Without bulgy eye and swollen in neck.
Treatment:
1. We treat this same as hyperthyroidism.
2. Please have a look at Hyperthyroidism-without goiter
Subacute Thyroiditis / De Quervain’s
Characteristic:
• Patients with acestomain thyroid gland.
• Patients feel painful when press with finger.
Treatment:
1. Patients need to have FNA Biopsy.
2. Patients need to have operation if the nodule is malignant．
3. Patients can take Thyroid Throu if the nodule is benign.
Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis / Hashimoto Thyroiditis
Please refer to Hypothyroidism ? Hashimoto
Chroic Invasive Fibrous Thyroiditis / Ridedel’s
Characteristic:
• Patients’ thyroid gland fibrosis that cause pression to neighbor tissue.
• Patients feel difficult to breath and swallow.
• Thyroid Gland is very hard just like a stone. It is easy misdiagnosis with thyroid cancer.
Treatment:
1. Patients can take Thyroid Throu until nodule become soft and minimize step by step.
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