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Toxic Multinodular Goiter.. Treatment advice

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I was just diagnosed with Plummer's disease. I was first diasgnosed with Hyper based on blood test, and I have now finished a radioactive iodine uptake scan. The radiologist told me it was plummer's disease. He said I can either do medication or abalation to the one side of thyroid. My left side it basically hogging all of the iodine so the right doesn't really get much.

I prefer holistic methods before going to medication or killing my thyroid off.

Does anyone else have Plummer's and what was your treatment?

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Plummer's Disease is known as "toxic multinodular goitre" in the UK :

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic...

You might get more replies if you change the title of your post and remove references to Plummer's Disease - I doubt very many people know what that is to be honest.

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TNG is the second most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the Western world, after Graves disease; and in elderly individuals, and areas of endemic iodine deficiency, is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. I would doubt very much, that there are any holistic treatments that would be of any benefit to you.

You may have been given some information at diagnosis, but this is a useful explanation:

"Toxic nodular goiter (TNG) represents a spectrum of disease ranging from a single hyperfunctioning nodule (toxic adenoma) within a multinodular thyroid to a gland with multiple areas of hyperfunction. The natural history of a multinodular goiter involves variable growth of individual nodules; this may progress to hemorrhage and degeneration, followed by healing and fibrosis. Calcification may be found in areas of previous hemorrhage. Some nodules may develop autonomous function. Autonomous hyperactivity is conferred by somatic mutations of the thyrotropin, or thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), receptor in 20-80% of toxic adenomas and some nodules of multinodular goiters. Autonomously functioning nodules may become toxic in 10% of patients. Hyperthyroidism predominantly occurs when single nodules are larger than 2.5 cm in diameter. Signs and symptoms of TNG are similar to those of other types of hyperthyroidism".

Orlander P. MD

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