Hashimotos disease

1. Hashimoto’s Disease Hashimoto Disease is an autoimmune condition where body’s own immune system starts attacking its thyroid gland mistaking it as a foreign object

2. Hashimoto’s Disease The disease got it’s name from a Japanese surgeon name Hakaru Hashimoto, who first described this disease in year 1912

3. Hashimoto’s Disease Hashimoto’s disease affects 4 in 1000 women per year and is 10-15 times more common in females than males

4. Hashimoto’s Disease Symptoms of Hashimotos disease include fatigue, constipation, dry skin, enlarged thyroid, muscle weakness and weight gain

5. Hashimoto’s Disease People who get Hashimoto's disease sometimes have other autoimmune diseases, such as: • Vitiligo • Rheumatoid arthritis • Addison's disease • Type 1 diabetes • Graves' disease • Pernicious anemia • Lupus

6. Hashimoto’s Disease Tests used to find out if you have Hashimoto's disease include: • Thyroid function tests- To check for right amount of TSH and thyroid hormone (T4) • Antibody test – To check for antibodies • Thyroid scan

7. Hashimoto’s Disease There is no cure for Hashimoto’s Disease but hormone therapy helps. The treatment of choice is typically synthetic T4 or thyroxine (levothyroxine).

8. Hashimoto’s Disease Hashimoto’s Disease increases the risk of developing Papillary Thyroid Cancer, but once Hashimoto’s disease patients develop papillary thyroid cancer, their survival is better than papillary thyroid cancer patients without Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

9. Hashimoto’s Disease Though cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption are both injurious to health, research have found that: Smokers are less affected by subclinical Hashimoto’s disease, compare with non-smokers Moderate alcohol consumption can reduce the risk of Hashimoto’s disease