what does diffuse thyromegaly means?how complicated it is?
538118
The word thyromegaly means your thyroid gland is larger than normal.  Inhomogenous echo means that you may have bands of fibrosis or scarring among the gland itself.  You must question your doctor until you understand what they are thinking and the implications it has for you as a patient.  This forum is the last place you should be relying on for sound advice.
730538
http://www.indyrad.iupui.edu/public/lectures/HTML/NM/thyroid/thy04.htm\n\nhttp://www.indianpediatrics.net/dec2005/dec-1233-1235.htm
187444
That's a complex question. It depends on quite a few factors. An enlarged pituitary can cause a "mass effect" displacing structures from their normal position, such as the optic chiasma, causing vision difficulties. Also the pituitary controls the secretion of a number of hormones, with varying functions. The best thing for you to do is to speak to your physician/neurosurgeon who will be able to better characterize the lesion and give you a more precise answer to your question.
546422
Hypo-Thyrodism is treatable with appropriate Homeopathic remedies.Please Add details as to what and how you feel due to this.I mean describe your sufferings in your own words what and how you feel what things make you feel better, what worse,Any special sensations which only you can describe the best because its you we are treating not your thyroid as we make you feel better your Thyroid disorder will also get well. \nHomeopathy treats the patient not the disease so what and how you feel is of the utmost importance in getting to the right remedies to treat and To Cure you 100%. it might sound tedious but it is not :-). once we find your remedy the relief is almost instantaneous and The cure gradual and safe from side effects or adverse effects ! \nTake Care and God Bless
212957
I am unsure as to what you are asking. I do not recall ever learning staging of hypothyroidism. However, there different forms of hypothyroidism. Primary hypothyroidism is basic failure of the thyroid gland for whatever reason. Secondary hypothyroidism is also known as pituatary hypothyroidism. This results when the pituatary fails to produce thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). Below is a link for further information. Hope this help.
386589
he may be having a disease nammed "Thyrotoxicosis" therefore just get appointment from physician and get checked his plasma harmonal levels of T3 and T4.\n(inshallah) hope that outcome will be good
398784
Goiter means your thyroid gland is big. You can have a goiter even with a normal thyroid function test. The only way to find out if there's anything in it is by ultrasound, thyroid scan or a biopsy if a prominent nodule can be felt. These tests are easy and totally painless except for a biopsy of course if needed.\n\nDont be scared you are young and most likely it is not a serious thing and is manageable by drugs. Flag signs for worrying are old age, history of thyroid cancer and shooting high thryoid function tests.
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Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the body lacks sufficient thyroid hormone. Since the main purpose of thyroid hormone is to "run the body's metabolism", it is understandable that people with this condition will have symptoms associated with a slow metabolism. Over five million Americans have this common medical condition. In fact, as many as ten percent of women may have some degree of thyroid hormone deficiency.   Hypothyroidism is more common than you would believe...and, millions of people are currently hypothyroid and don't know it! \nThere are two fairly common causes of hypothyroidism. The first is a result of previous (or currently ongoing) inflammation of the thyroid gland which leaves a large percentage of the cells of the thyroid damaged (or dead) and incapable of producing sufficient hormone. The most common cause of thyroid gland failure is called autoimmune thyroiditis (also called Hashimoto's thyroiditis), a form of thyroid inflammation caused by the patient's own immune system. The second major cause is the broad category of "medical treatments".  As noted on a number of our other pages, the treatment of many thyroid conditions warrants surgical removal of a portion or all of the thyroid gland. If the total mass of thyroid producing cells left within the body are not enough to meet the needs of the body, the patient will develop hypothyroidism. Remember, this is often the goal of the surgery as seen in surgery for thyroid cancer. But at other times, the surgery will be to remove a worrisome nodule, leaving half of the thyroid in the neck undisturbed. Sometimes (often), this remaining thyroid lobe and isthmus will produce enough hormone to meet the demands of the body. For other patients, however, it may become apparent years later that the remaining thyroid just can't quite keep up with demand. Similarly, goiters and some other thyroid conditions can be treated with radioactive iodine therapy. The aim of the radioactive iodine therapy (for benign conditions) is to kill a portion of the thyroid to [1] prevent goiters from growing larger, or [2] producing too much hormone (hyperthyroidism). Occasionally, (often?) the result of radioactive iodine treatment will be that too many cells are damaged so the patient often becomes hypothyroid a year or two later. This is O.K. and usually greatly preferred over the original problem. There are several other rare causes of hypothyroidism, one of them being a completely "normal" thyroid gland which is not making enough hormone because of a problem in the pituitary gland. If the pituitary does not produce enough Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) then the thyroid simply does not have the "signal" to make hormone, so it doesn't.\nSymptoms of Hypothyroidism\n\nFatigue\nWeakness\nWeight gain or increased difficulty losing weight\nCoarse, dry hair \nDry, rough pale skin\nHair loss \nCold intolerance (can't tolerate the cold like those around you)\nMuscle cramps and frequent muscle aches\nConstipation\nDepression\nIrritability\nMemory loss\nAbnormal menstrual cycles\nDecreased libido\n\nEach individual patient will have any number of these symptoms which will vary with the severity of the thyroid hormone deficiency and the length of time the body has been deprived of the proper amount of hormone. Some patients will have one of these symptoms as their main complaint, while another will not have that problem at all and will be suffering from a different symptom. Most will have a combination of a number of these symptoms. Occasionally, some patients with hypothyroidism have no symptoms at all, or they are just so subtle that they go unnoticed.  Note:   Although this may sound obvious, if you have these symptoms, you need to discuss them with your doctor and probably seek the skills of an endocrinologist.  If you have already been diagnosed and treated for hypothyroidism and you continue to have any or all of thes
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I think it's D. Whatever it is please educate me on it. I happen to have issues with my thyroid, steming from being insulin resistent. Seems that the thyroid controls many hormones and once they are out of whack there is no telling what can happen. It's been fun to say the least.
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Well, it could mean either high or low. Either way, you will have to be on medication, and most likely the rest of your life. It takes some time for the doc to find the right dosage for you, and within this time, you will have many ups & downs until it gets right.\nNow, FIRST THING~ If your doctor won't listen to YOU, get a new one! YOU KNOW when your body is good & when it's not! I refuse to listen to someone who won't listen to me...because they think they know it all since they "went to school for the degree". Well, they didn't go to school & study MY BODY! So, get a new doc, and don't feel bad about it. What if something bad happened to you? Would you hesitate to let that doc know at that point? DON"T LET IT GET THERE! Just a precaution, as a lot of doctors don't take this seriously, and that just shouldn't be!\nI have given several links below to read & perhaps you can read through & understand the different thyroid symptoms & problems.\nHere is some information about myself, plus some symptoms since you seemed to be interested:\nI have low thyroid. If you have low thyroid...here's a great question to answer: Can you see the floor of your house? That was what was asked of me at one point, and to my amazement, the answer was no!\nMy signs are: messy house, no desire to do anything...go anywhere, spend time with my kids or my guy, sleep a lot, hard to keep my eyes open at times, HUGE weight gain that over the past years have not found an easy way to take off...so I give up a lot, I have terribly dry hair & don't wash it a lot so it stays strong, I have bumps on my face...not like pimples, but I think it's from dry skin, and perhaps some others that I can't remember at this time...that's another symptom--forgetfullness.\nHere are the "GENERAL" signs for most people: fatigue and lack of energy. Women suffering from underactive thyroid experience heavier menstrual periods. Sluggishness and forgetfulness are symptoms of underactive thyroid problem. Other symptoms of this thyroid disorder are dry skin and hair and constipation.\nIf you have high thyroid, or an overactive one, the signs are: increased body metabolism. This is followed by weight loss and excessive warmth and sweating. Persons suffering from overactive thyroid experience trembling hands, irritability and rapid heartbeat or palpitations. Women with overactive thyroid or hyperthyroidism may experience shorter or lighter menstrual periods.\nI take medication, and sadly will have to take 1 pill everyday for the rest of my life. There's a blood check that they will do to see if you have low or high. I hope i've helped you!!
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I would see another Doctor. Synthroid is a common treatment for thyroid conditions, however without further details, Its impossible to say. \n\nAlso have a look at this information:\n\nhttp://search.yahoo.com/search?_adv_prop=web&x=op&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-top&fr2=op&va=natural+thyroid&va_vt=any&vp_vt=any&vo_vt=any&ve_vt=any&vd=all&vst=0&vf=all&vm=i&fl=0&n=10
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OK, on .75 mg, you have very low needs for thyroid replacement hormone (I'm on .88 and have been for years).  Thus, it sounds to me as if you are taking too much for your body's needs.  In fact, the metabolism increase, nervousness, etc. sound like hyper symptoms.  However, don't diagnose yourself.\n\nNow, I will let you in on a little secret.  General practitioners (you might call them family doctors) don't know everything, they just know enough about a lot to know what is problematic.  I was on .100 but had trouble walking down the stairs (I trembled if  I didn't hold the rail) and got hot (I am very cold-natured).  So here I was, taking everything off at work -- and I am a teacher, so there's a limit to that which you can take off.  I called the GP and she said to give it a month.  Well, I couldn't.  I called and got in to see an endocrinologist a few days later ... he ran all the blood tests and told me I was being overmedicated, so he reduced it to .75.  Ah ... the relief.  I still had to have monthly level checks (i.e. blood tests) for 6 months, but once we got me stable at a proper level, all was fine.  \n\nCall an endocrinologist -- tell him/her your story. You may simply be overmedicated or may need to change to another type of medication, like synthroid or armour.  (My mother must take synthroid because of the additives in the generic versions ... it was intereacting with her body weirdly.)  So you just don't know, until you go.  Good luck!!
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From what I know, it isn't. I am 27 and I have recently been diagnosed with it. I knew something was wrong because every morning I couldn't get out of bed and every muscle in my body ached like I was in an accident. I was tired all the time and I felt like I was getting lazier by the day. I was moody, low sex drive, burnt out. I could hardly take care of my patients at work because my body was sluggish and achy.  Hypo- means low. That just means that the pituitary needs a boost. It is one of the most important organs you have. Medication is the first step in treatment. Every four weeks or so, your doctor draws blood to see how your levels are and they adjust the meds accordingly. I haven't had any negative side effects of the meds. I have been on it for a little over a month. It can potentially be a lifelong thing but it is important to keep up with the meds and appointments to check everything. Hope this helps!
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Your doctor should be listening to you.  If you don't feel right, tell the doctor.  I switched doctors a year ago, was prescribed Armour and Synthroid(previously it was only Synthroid), and now she had added Cytomel(T3).  Find a doctor who will listen to you.  For a list of good doctors who will prescribe Armour......
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once your thyroid hormons are back to their normal levels u'll gain the weight you lost. Most of the time treatment for hyperthytoidism leaves you in hypothyroidism, so u'll eventually gain more weight that u even lost! but dont worry, once ur TSH is in normal levels u'll be ok
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No.  A goiter is a thickening/enlargement of the tyroid gland located in the front of the troat, just under your "adams apple".  A goiter can get quite large and very obvious.  A large neck can be a hereditary trait.  If you are really concerned, talk to your physician about having tyroid studies done, specifically TSH( tyroid stimulating hormone), TS1, TS2, and TS3, which are the thyroid stimilating hormones.
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I know a few people with thyroid problems and it does require you to take a drug called "synthroid" for the rest of your life. It really isn't a big deal at all, hopefully you have an over-active thyroid in which case you won't have to worry about the side effect of weight gain as you do with an under active one. Your primary care doctor should be able to feel if your thyroid is enlarged at the base of your neck, he may or may not refer you to a specialist, depends on your doctor, some primary care doctors can treat the condition. It's really nothing life threatening and shouldn't really effect much except possible weight gain or loss, being very tired all the time and other minor problems. Good luck and call your doctor, again, it's not much to worry about :)