This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

HYPOTHYROIDISM is a rare late complication of Graves's disease. A committee of the Clinical Society of London in 1888 1 noted that "in a few cases the appearance of the symptoms of myxoedema has been ...

Hyperthyroidism is a subtype of thyrotoxicosis. Both occur due to excessive thyroid hormones. However, they are not the same thing and differ in severity and health implications. While thyrotoxicosis ...

Background A 59-year-old woman with a history of nodular goiter developed thyrotoxic symptoms while on levothyroxine therapy. Her thyrotoxicosis persisted after levothyroxine withdrawal, so she was ...

Thyroid storm and thyrotoxicosis are two conditions that relate to excessive thyroid hormones. However, they differ significantly in their severity and implications. Thyrotoxicosis refers to high ...

Your thyroid is a gland in your neck that makes hormones that control many bodily functions. An enlarged thyroid gland is called a goiter. One type of goiter is a multinodular goiter, in which an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Even very cautious salt iodization (< 50 µg per day) will lead to a remarkable decline in the incidence rate of ...

Various clinical disorders can cause hyperthyroidism, the effects of which vary according to the patient's age, severity of clinical presentation and association with other comorbidities.

Surgeons at Nyeri County Referral Hospital perform thyroid surgery on a patient. [Kibata Kihu, Standard] In the realm of medical challenges, Dr Geoffrey Omolo, a specialist physician and ...

Subclinical hyperthyroidism is diagnosed through low or undetectable thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels, as thyroid hormone levels are within the normal range. Usually, this condition is ...