Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis

As everyone now pays more attention to health preservation, the incidence of diseases has decreased. However, many diseases still exist among us, like the emergence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. In addition, people don’t know much about chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, and once the disease occurs, people don’t know it, which affects the best treatment time for the disease. Therefore, everyone must learn more about chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis.

Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis is a relatively common disease nowadays, and many people are suffering from the harm caused by chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. Therefore, we should all learn more about chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis to reduce the occurrence of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis.

Chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis (CLT), also known as autoimmune thyroiditis, is a chronic autoimmune disease with one's own thyroid tissue as antigen.

Symptoms of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis :

1. The disease develops slowly and lasts for a long time. There may be no symptoms in the early stage. When goiter appears, the average course of the disease is 2 to 4 years.

2. General fatigue is common. 10% to 20% of patients have a local feeling of pressure or dull pain in the thyroid area, and occasionally mild tenderness.

3. The thyroid gland is often bilaterally symmetrical and diffusely enlarged, with the isthmus and conical lobe often enlarged at the same time, but it can also be unilaterally enlarged.

4. The cervical lymph nodes are generally not swollen. In a few cases, the cervical lymph nodes may be swollen but soft.

Treatment of chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis :

1. Medication

(1) If thyroid function is normal, no special treatment is required, but follow-up is required.

(2) Patients with hypothyroidism should undergo thyroid hormone replacement therapy, using thyroid tablets or levothyroxine.

(3) The course of Hashimoto's hyperthyroidism is the same as that of inflammatory hyperthyroidism, and most patients do not require treatment.

(4) Glucocorticoid treatment.

2. Surgical treatment : only used when there is a high suspicion of combined cancer or lymphoma.

The above content is an introduction to the relevant knowledge about chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. I hope it can be helpful to everyone. In addition, we recommend that you read the above content carefully, learn more about the disease, ensure that the disease is discovered as soon as it occurs, and choose scientific methods to treat it.