Some alternate names for thyroid disease are: Grave's Disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, autoimmune thyroiditis, thyroid struma, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and thyroid carcinoma...just to name a few.
Hypothyroidism is the condition of insufficient thyroid hormones.
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A goiter is inflammation of the thyroid gland, also known as the thyroid gland becoming enlarged. A goiter isn't necessarily genetic. However, thyroid conditions do run in families. So if someone in your family has a thyroid condition, this can increase your chances of having a thyroid condition.
No, the active ingredients in Mucinex do not mix with thyroid medication.
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Levothyroxine is a synthetic thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism, a condition where the thyroid gland doesnot produce enough thyroid hormone.
The Struma - 2002 was released on: USA: 16 February 2002 (Portland International Film Festival)
While the majority of men and women who have a thyroid condition are diagnosed later in life, it is not uncommon for infants, children and teenagers to be diagnosed with a thyroid condition. Typically if an infant is diagnosed with a thyroid condition it is congenital, or present at birth. If a child or teen has a thyroid condition it sometimes won't be diagnosed until the onset of puberty. If a child doesn't have normal thyroid function this can cause poor growth which results in short stature, delayed development of permanent teeth, delayed puberty, and poor mental development.
The female runner who represented the United States in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games was Gail Devers. Devers' has the thyroid autoimmune condition Graves' Disease. It's a condition in which the thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormones.
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