Thyroiditis

[sbadd]

Can someone tell me what this is as just looking back over results and apparently I had this in Aug last year?

[StitchFairy]

Thyroiditis usually just means inflammation of the thyroid, usually caused by autoimmune attack. It's the most common reason for hypothyroidism I think.

[sbadd in reply to StitchFairy]

Thankyou

[Valarian]

This may help

btf-thyroid.org/information...

[Hidden]

This condition was mentioned in last week's episode of Doc Martin. The patient's condition was a high pulse rate.

How relevant that was should be compared to a confirmed case of myxedema which was treated with Levothyroxine! Every doctor must know that this myxedema should be treated with Liothyronine as this is always mentioned when recommendations for the use of this hormone is discussed.

[MaisieGray in reply to Hidden]

Myxoedema coma, or more accurately, myxoedema crisis, is generally treated by intravenous liothyronine; but the term myxoedema was, and sometimes still is used interchangeably with hypothyroidism ever since it was coined by Ord back in the C19th, and doesn't therefore require T3 as a generality.