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Thyroid Disorders

Discuss thyroid gland issues like the regulation of growth hormones, thyroidectomy, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Thyroiditis, thyroid goiter (thyroid enlargement), and solitary thyroid nodules here.

Having trouble with wound healing after a parathyroidectomy

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I recently had a parathyroidectomy done one week ago and am concerned that this "egg shaped" swelling hasn't gone done yet. I can swallow and speak alright, and the incision is not infected, but it feels like I have a pill stuck in my throat all the time and I can't tip my head all the way back...

by User avatar srdjmf249720

Evista after surgery; post-op infection

Has anyone stopped taking their osteoporosis medicine after surgery? I am two months post op. and still on evista. I don't know if it's buying me anything. Endocrinologist says to keep taking. Also, I had a post-op neck infection that lasted for a month and was on keflex. Now the scar is...

by User avatar nylanod79928

hypothroid disease

I have heard for hypothyroidism, which is a condition that body lacks sufficient thyroid hormone. Since the main purpose of thyroid hormone is to run the body's metabolism, I found it understandable that people with this condition will have symptoms associated with a slow metabolism. I know this...

by User avatar clementina511

heart palpitation thru thyroid

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I'm 44; I am having some thyroid tests done now because my heart rate sometimes for days can be 120 or 130 and my normal rate is between 97 and 100. I'm a type 1 diabetic and in a perimenopause. I've heard somewhere that heart rates can go up during perimenopause. This week my rate is basically...

by User avatar Guest

thyroglobulin

I had my Thyroid removed in Dec. 06, and I am having a check up this summer, at my blood test my TSH was 0.2. and my Doctor said that the tests indicate that m TSH is appropriately suppressed while taking Synthroid 0.l75 mg a day, and that I should continue this dosage. My thyroglobulin was less...

by User avatar bill212241872

Too much weight gain

I had total thyroidectomy in 2007. It has been awful for me. I started gaining lots of weight before the surgery and have continued to gain after. I am so tired of trying to lose this weight and feel good again. I take Synthroid but my doc can't seem to get my levels right. I have gained from...

by User avatar Guest

throat n brathing problem

Hi I am suffering from coughing for the last 10 yrs now. Doctors said its a allergic coughing. I have done homopathic, allopathic, ayurvedic everthing but nothing has cure me. I just got married & i m coughing & falling sick very frequently.Now i m have breathing problem as well. I have slight...

by User avatar Guest

I can't see my future any more

I am clearly not the person I used to be! I an constantly knocked down and when I try to get up I am victim to another blow! I try so hard I an a disappointment to who ever I am around! I am a 21 virgin who is never been kissed and I feel that I have to lie to get people to like me, but of all my...

by User avatar Loser123

29 year old with thyroid cancer.

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I am 29 years old. I was experiancing a lot of hair loss a couple monthes ago and brought it up at my annual check up since I had a 6mth old baby. She said my thyroid was swollen and ordered labs and ultrasound. Labs had my T1 on the high end and thyroxin on the low but all within limits. The...

by User avatar Guest

safety of yellow fever vaccination following thymus irradiat

I am a 57 year old woman with a history of irradiation of the thymus as a very young child (this procedure was used fairly routinely at that time) I have no history of any thymus diseases or problems. (I have had a sub-total thyroidectomy due to a benign nodule) Thymus disease, surgical removal of...

by User avatar DJS68511