The currently practiced treatment of autoimmune thyroiditis cannot restore the damaged gland's ability to function normally and synthesize the hormones the body needs.
In class IV diseases, this pathology (other names are autoimmune chronic thyroiditis, Hashimoto's disease or thyroiditis, lymphocytic or lymphomatous thyroiditis) has the ICD 10 code E06.3.
This disease cannot occur due to the fault of the patient himself. After multiple studies, it was established that the main reason for the development of autoimmune thyroiditis in a child is the presence of a hereditary predisposition.
One of the most dangerous complications of hypothyroidism is considered to be hypothyroid coma. Most often, it appears in patients suffering from hypothyroidism, in old and senile age, and in most cases it affects women.
Violation of the water-electrolyte balance in the body occurs in the following situations: with hyperhydration - excessive accumulation of water in the body and its slow release.
Adrenal hyperplasia is a serious pathology, which is explained by the functional features of the paired gland - the production of special hormones (glucocorticoids, androgens, aldosterone, adrenaline and noradrenaline) that regulate the vital functions of the entire organism.
Diffuse changes in the thyroid gland are changes in the tissues of the entire thyroid gland, which are detected during an ultrasound examination (US). With certain transformations in the gland, a change in the ability of the thyroid tissue to reflect sound (called echogenicity) is noted using ultrasound diagnostics.
