Hashimotos Disease

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Hashimotos Disease

• Presentation By
• Jenny Shoe
• Mary Robinson
• Coretta Copeland

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Hashimotos Disease or Chronic Thyroiditis

• Is an inflammation of the thyroid gland that
  frequently results in hypothyroidism (lowered
  thyroid function).

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• Hashimotos Disease is a common thyroid gland
  disorder that can occur at any age, but it is
  most often seen in middle age women. It is
  caused by a reaction of the immune system against
  the thyroid gland.

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Early Symptoms

• The onset of the disease is slow, and it may take
  months or years for the disease to be detected.

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Late Symptoms

• Feeling of fullness or tightness in the throat.
• Have trouble swallowing food or liquids.
• Have swelling in the front of neck.
• Some experience
• tiredness
• forgetfulness
• depression
• coarse dry skin
• slow heart rate
• weight gain
• constipation
• intolerance to cold

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Additional Symptoms

• Hair loss
• Facial swelling
• Joint stiffness

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Lab Work

• There are several tests available to detect
  Hashimotos Disease.
• T3 Test
• T3 Test
• Serum Test

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Testing For Hashimotos Disease

• T4 (Thyroxine)
• T3 (Triiodothyronine)
• Thyroid function is complex, and depends on the
  action of many different hormones.
• Some hormones, such as T3 and T4 are active
  hormones and directly affect the way the body
  functions.

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Additional Test

• Serum TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormones or
  Thyrotropin)
• this test measures the amount of the hormone TSH
  in the blood.
• TRH, a hormone produced in the hypothalamus,
  stimulates the pituitary gland to release TSH.
• TSH subsequently stimulates the thyroid hormones,
  T3 and T4.
• These hormones feedback to the hypothalamus and
  pituitary to regulate the release of both TRH and
  TSH.
• This regulation pathway is altered leading to
  under-or over-production of thyroid hormone.

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Prognosis

• The outcome is usually very good because the
  disease remains stable for years or progresses
  slowly to a condition of thyroid hormone
  deficiency (hypothyroidism) that can be treated
  with thyroid replacement therapy.