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Hashimoto thyroiditis is an autoimmune disease that leads to chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland. This is considered the most common autoimmune disorder, and the most common endocrine disorder. Psychological trauma has been suggested as a possible factor in the pathogenesis and development of
Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is defined as a condition that characterized by elevated serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations (TSH: >4.5 mu/l), while circulating thyroxine (T4) and tri- iodothyronine (T3) levels remain within the normal range.
Depending on the extent of serum TSH
Depending on the severity according to EUGOGO recommendations, patients were divided into two groups: the first group with active, moderate-to-severe GO (49 patients) and the second group with DON (19 patients). Moderate-to-severe GO was diagnosed according to EUGOGO recommendations. Diagnosis of
Most of studies about thyroid dysfunction in acne patients focused on adult acne population especially females and searched for presence or absence of associating anti-thyroid antibodies with controversial results .
Some other studies were concerned with the impact of acne treatments as
In 1994, the WHO and UNICEF Joint Committee on Health Policy recommended Universal Salt Iodization as a safe, cost-effective and sustainable strategy to ensure sufficient intake of iodine by all individuals. However, universal salt iodization is still absent in Latvia.
A recent countrywide study in
Introduction: Graves disease (GD) is characterized by thyrotoxicosis and goiter, arising through circulating autoantibodies that bind to and stimulate the thyroid hormone receptor (TSHR). Graves' ophthalmopathy (GO) is characterized by inflammation, expansion of the extraocular muscles and an
Background: Selenium in the form of seleno-cysteine is an essential component of enzymes that remove toxic substances from the body, such as glutathione peroxidase (GPX) in thyroid cells as well as seleno-dependent iodothyronine deiodinase that catalyses extra-thyroidal production of
Adjuvant treatment of Graves´ ophthalmopathy with NSAID (aGO study)
1. Background.
When performing MRI / CT / ultrasound of the orbital room 98 % of the patients with Graves´ thyrotoxicosis exhibit changes of ophthalmopathy without clinical symptoms of endocrine ophthalmopathy (Burch 1993). Thus,
The morbility of GD is nearly 0.5% and the underlying cause of 50 to 80% of cases of hyperthyroidism.Recently,anti-thyroid drugs are still the main therapy for Graves'hyperthyroidism in a lot of districts, but the relapse rate is very high (51~68%) after withdrawal of anti-thyroid treatment.In order
BACKGROUND:
It was well established that drugs played a role in the etiology of aplastic anemia, agranulocytosis, and thrombocytopenic purpura. In 1985, much of the evidence concerning the relation of exposure to drugs to the risk of the three dyscrasias was based on case reports. Such reports could