Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto: The chronic inflammation can be the reason years before
Created: 09/20/2022, 20:30
By: Natalie Hull Drawbar
Chronic inflammation can be the cause years before the diagnosis of “underactive thyroid”.
What you should definitely pay attention to.
Hashimoto's thyroiditis, or "Hashimoto" for short by those affected - after the Japanese doctor Hakaru Hashimoto - is a chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland, triggered by the body's own immune system.
The symptoms are often misinterpreted, so that those affected have to live with the symptoms for up to years.
Although Hashimoto's thyroiditis cannot be cured, it can be treated well thanks to hormone tablets.
However, be careful about interactions between the thyroid medication and certain foods.
Hashimoto: How does the chronic inflammation of the thyroid make itself felt?
Hashimoto's autoimmune disease affects hypothyroidism.
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Although there are warning signs of developing hypothyroidism, the symptoms and side effects such as erectile dysfunction in men or depression due to thyroid disease often cannot be correctly interpreted by patients and can therefore not be assessed by a doctor, or only at a late stage.
In many cases, the inflammation of the thyroid causes little or no symptoms for a long time, since hormones are nevertheless still being produced.
It is not uncommon for thyroid inflammation to be discovered by accident during a medical examination, using palpation and ultrasound, and confirmed by blood, as
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis is often associated with other autoimmune diseases such as diabetes.
Hypothyroidism and Hashimoto: The reason can be years before the chronic inflammation
Hashimoto's affects women much more often than men, usually between their 30s and 50s.
Thyroid inflammation often coincides with menopause, making Hashimoto easy to overlook or misdiagnose.
Also important for a diagnosis is the patient's persistence towards the doctor, to take a "closer" look and feel and ultimately to check the decisive values of the thyroid antibodies and thyroid hormones by means of a blood test: thyroid peroxidase antibodies, TPO antibodies, TPO-AK , thyroglobulin antibodies, TgAK, TAK and TSH values.
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Due to an undetected, insidious inflammation of the thyroid gland, hypothyroidism usually develops after years.
If left untreated, chronic inflammation can lead to heart disease.
Thyroid disease during pregnancy can even lead to miscarriage in some cases.
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