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Thyroid Disease Symptoms

Symptoms include unexpected weight loss, rapid or irregular heartbeat, sweating and irritability, although the elderly often experience no symptoms.Not all goitres cause symptoms. Symptoms that do occur might include swelling and coughing. Rarely, symptoms may include throat tightness or trouble breathing.

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Thyroid Disease Symptoms

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  1. Thyroid Problems Any Lab Test Waco Thyroid Diseases & Symptoms

  2. Types of Hyperthyroidism Hyperthyroidism is the overproduction of thyroid hormones

  3. Graves' disease The production of too much thyroid hormone.

  4. Toxic adenomas Nodules develop in the thyroid gland and begin to secrete thyroid hormones, upsetting the body's chemical balance; some goiters may contain several of these nodules. 

  5. Subacute thyroiditis Inflammation of the thyroid causes the gland to "leak" excess hormones, resulting in temporary hyperthyroidism that generally lasts a few weeks but may persist for months. 

  6. Pituitary gland malfunctions or cancerous growths in the thyroid gland Although rare, hyperthyroidism can also develop from these causes.

  7. Types of Hypothyroidism Stems from an underproduction of thyroid hormones.  Since your body's energy production requires certain amounts of thyroid hormones, a drop in hormone production leads to lower energy levels.

  8. Hashimoto's thyroiditis In this autoimmune disorder, the body attacks thyroid tissue.  The tissue eventually dies and stops producing hormones.

  9. Removal of the thyroid gland: The thyroid may be surgically removed or chemically destroyed as treatment for hyperthyroidism.

  10. Exposure to excessive amounts of iodide Cold and sinus medicines, the heart medicine amiodarone, or certain contrast dyes given before some X-rays may expose you to too much iodine. You may be at greater risk for developing hypothyroidism, especially if you have had thyroid problems in the past.

  11. Lithium This drug has also been linked as a cause of hypothyroidism. 

  12. Cancer of the thyroid gland is quite rare and occurs in less than 10% of thyroid nodules.  You might have one or more thyroid nodules for several years before they are determined to be cancerous.  People who have received radiation treatment to the head and neck earlier in life, possibly as a remedy for acne, tend to have a higher-than- normal propensity for thyroid cancer.

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