Hyperthyroidism with Radioactive Iodine
Among the most common reasons given for developing this disease Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, in which the immune system attacks the thyroid have received radiotherapy in head and neck for any type of cancer, have a prior treatment for hyperthyroidism with radioactive iodine and such as removal of the gland.
It also declared that no joint pain, swelling of face, hands and feet, cold intolerance, constipation, dry skin, thinning hair and nails, memory loss and weight gain.
In this vein, Alejandro Sosa Caballero, member of the Thyroid Clinic of the Medical Unit of High Specialty Dr. Antonio Fraga Mouret Medical Center La Raza IMSS, said that between 4 and 7 percent of the world’s female population, older than 40 years, suffering from this disease, but also comes to be the case of children born with it.
According to the expert, cretinism and congenital hypothyroidism usually occurs due to iodine deficiency or when the infant lacks the gland, so it generates the central nervous system malformations, deafness, mental deficiencies and lack of growth.
The diagnosis in both children (the sample is taken from the heel) and adults, is from a blood test which measures the levels of thyrotropin, triiodothyronine and thyroxine.
For its part, the Chief of Endocrinology, General Hospital of Mexico, Dr. Sara Arellano Montano, said the treatment is based on levothyroxine, a synthetic thyroid hormone that the patient should be taken for life, and to replace inadequate those that would normally produce the body.
Do not receive the necessary attention, he said, the patient may develop heart problems from increased cholesterol levels, as well as myxedema coma. “Myxedema is a gelatinous mass that accumulates in all tissues of the body and is the result of thyroid dysfunction,” he said.
Because infertility is common in women with hypothyroidism, Escalante Herrera stated the need to adjust the dose of levothyroxine and establish disciplinary procedures to gynecologists for the patient can engender. If so, will keep her under strict surveillance, in addition to increasing the drug in order to avoid defects in the product.
Hyperthyroidism
On the other hand, Escalante Herrera stated that hyperthyroidism is one condition in which excessive production of thyroid hormones, they reach the bloodstream and accelerate metabolism.
Its main symptoms are: weight loss, anxiety, irritability, rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute), prominent eyes, trembling hands, hair loss, excessive sweating, thin and very smooth skin, and abnormal menses .
In this regard, also freight endocrinologist Victor Rabago, National Medical Center Siglo XXI, said that sometimes these signs can be confused with nerve diseases such as anxiety, dementia or depression, which is why the diagnosis should be confirmed with a thyroid profile that determine whether triiodothyronine and thyroxine levels are elevated in blood.
He argued that treatment should be based according to each patient’s medical history, however, the options include the use of radioactive iodine to destroy thyroid cells and partial or total removal of the gland. (Agency ID)