Goitre with subacute thyroiditis ?

[madeline05]

Hi folks,

I am new to this board since yesterday so being doing a lot od reading on posts on here and its just so so helpful.

I am still awaiting my bloods, hopefully tomorrow and ultrasound this week on my enlarged goitre on the right hand side of my neck.

Im just wondering with subacute thyroiditis is it possible to have an enlargement on one side? or would it enlarge the whole thyroid?

I ask this because mt face on the side of the goitre and been swollen, my eye keeps watering, my ear is sore too, I also felt my neck was warmer on the side of the goitre. However yesterday I started taking nurofen and the swelling in my face has really come down.

I also today feel like my throat on either side is sore and a heaviness in my chest like a chest infection, hard to explain. I had a rasher in a fry earlier and it stung going down? TMI haha but Im just wondering if I have a infection of some sort?

sorry for the long winded post. Im just all confused. My doctor told me I had a nodule on my thyroid, Then he said he was a goitre.

Someone here on a post said a goitre is an enlarged goitre not something on it. so would that rule out a nodule?

This swelling seem to come up over night aswell. sorry again for the ramle.

Any advice would be great , thanks so much. x

[greygoose]

Hi madelline05, welcome to the forum.

Yes, a goitre is a swollen thyroid. But you could have a nodule on it. Or even several.

I think your doctors was just a bit confused about terminology. They're easily confused when it come to thyroid.

[madeline05 in reply to greygoose]

Thank you for reply greygoose x

[greygoose in reply to madeline05]

You're welcome.

[Bertwills]

Hello, just to let you know that when you receive your blood tests it’s a good idea to ask for the full results at reception & post them here with the ranges. Hopefully it won’t just be TSH but if it is post that here.

If you are hypothyroid then you should be prescribed levothyroxine & this will reduce your goitre. Doctors sometimes say that it won’t but it did for me so it’s likely that it won’t be permanent.

[madeline05 in reply to Bertwills]

Thank you bertwills for your reply. I didn't know that that medication can shrink it. Good to know.I got my bloods done this morning so one I get them I definitely will post them up here. Thank you for your help x

[serenfach]

I had a goitre and that was when finally I was diagnosed. I had to point it out to my GP but it was large. It went within weeks of starting Levo.

There seems to be a trend to label people with sub acute at the moment. My Endo said I was sub acute despite me being treated for the last 20 years.

This brilliant forum will help further when they have your blood results and give you a way forward. Hug.

[madeline05 in reply to serenfach]

Thank you serenfach..Do you mind me asking did you have a nodule on one side or was it Ll enlarged? How big was the nodule and did they do biopsy?

I have a small hiatus hernia at the minute at the top of my stomach but in the last few days the acid is killing me.. As in its very sore. Never really ever suffered with it before till this wkd after I found the goitre. I might put up a post about it.

Thanks x

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to madeline05]

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[serenfach]

I had two biopsies as they did not believe the negative of the first one. Second was negative too.

Low stomach acid is common in Hashi's. Gps usually give an antacid, which of course makes it worse. Try the baking powder test.

For the test, you'll drink half a glass (4 ounces) of cold water combined with a quarter teaspoon of baking soda, on an empty stomach. Then time how long it takes you to burp. If it takes longer than three to five minutes, the theory goes, you don't have enough stomach acid.