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 ====== Hashimoto's disease ====== ====== Hashimoto's disease ======
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 +<relatedarticle> [[home:diseases:graves|Graves' disease]] </article>
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 +===== Introduction =====
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 Hashimoto's disease is characterized by chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland, often leading to a less than sufficient production of the hormones T3 and T4. In some cases hormone replacement therapy may alleviate the majority of symptoms, at least for a while, while in other cases euthyroid patients suffer from a variety of symptoms; lethargy and fatigue being prominent symptoms.(({{pubmed>long:21186954}})) Hashimoto's disease is characterized by chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland, often leading to a less than sufficient production of the hormones T3 and T4. In some cases hormone replacement therapy may alleviate the majority of symptoms, at least for a while, while in other cases euthyroid patients suffer from a variety of symptoms; lethargy and fatigue being prominent symptoms.(({{pubmed>long:21186954}}))
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 <blockquote>Women with Hashimotos thyroiditis suffer from a high symptom load. Hypothyroidism is only a contributing factor to the development of associated conditions.(({{pubmed>long:21186954}}))</blockquote> <blockquote>Women with Hashimotos thyroiditis suffer from a high symptom load. Hypothyroidism is only a contributing factor to the development of associated conditions.(({{pubmed>long:21186954}}))</blockquote>
  
-An infectious etiology has long been suspected in different thyroid diseases, including Hashimoto's thyroiditis. As with many other inflammatory diseases most reasearchers appear to be searching for one specific culprit, something which seems ulikely in light of the many findings of links to many different viruses and bacteria in thyroid disease. Further, in the light of last few years' progress in metagenomics, a multimicrobial, successive type infection appears more likely to drive the disease process.(({{pubmed>long:23370376}}))  +An infectious etiology has long been suspected in different thyroid diseases, including Hashimoto's thyroiditis. As with many other inflammatory diseases most reasearchers appear to be searching for one specific culprit, something which seems unlikely in light of the many findings of links to many different viruses and bacteria in thyroid disease. Further, in the light of the last few years' progress in metagenomics, a multimicrobial, successive type infection appears more likely to drive the disease process.(({{pubmed>long:23370376}}))  
  
 ===== Evidence of infectious cause ===== ===== Evidence of infectious cause =====
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