I need information about goiter disease.
2006-12-04 16:40:49 · 5 answers · asked by wedaei 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
You need to be a lot more specific. It can be toxic or non-toxic. It can be associated with hyperthyroid, hypothyroid, or neither.
Only in the third world is it associated with a lack of iodine!
2006-12-04 16:47:15 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa A 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hypothyroid is the name of this disease. In the old days they called it a goiter because it frequently causes the neck to swell.
Iodine is not the problem, please believe me.
It is characterized by an underactive thyroid. I have had it for over 30 years.
Sometimes the cause is a tumor on the thyroid; sometimes there are other causes.
Whatever the cause you need to get to the doctor and take thyroid medication. Hypothyrois can mess up almost every function of the body including the sexual organs (especially in women)
http://www.umm.edu/patiented/articles/what_symptoms_of_hypothyroidism_000038_3.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothyroidism
2006-12-04 16:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
A goiter is an enlarged thyroid usually secondary to lack of dietary iodine. This is the reason that salt is iodized. In the early part of the 20th century the south was considered the "goiter belt," due to the number of people who had little or any intake of iodine.
2006-12-04 16:45:42 · answer #3 · answered by kellenraid 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
nicely, goiter is the expansion of the thyroid gland,it particularly is divided into: a million-uncomplicated goiter:led to by employing extra stimulation by employing thyroid stimulating hormone by way of low iodine point that's would be physiological(puberty,being pregnant). 2-multinodular goiter:develops spontaneously or by way of prolonged stimulation.multinodular by way of fact there will be disorganized reaction of the gland to stimulation,so there will be areas of hypoplasia&hyperplasia. 3-imflammatory goitre: a-Hashimoto's ailment:autoimmune thyroiditis. b-De Quervain's thyroiditis:subacute imflammation of the thyroid gland. c-Riedel's thyroiditis:there will be a alternative of the gland tissue by employing dense fibrous tissue. 4-malignant goitre: a-papillary carcinoma:hyperplastic folicullar epithelium. b-follicular carcinoma:nicely-differntiated thyroid maximum cancers. c-anaplastic carcinoma:this is the worst form by way of fact it spreads quickly. d-medullary carcinoma:this is the neoplasm of the parafollicular cells.
2016-10-14 01:03:54 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i slept with er, i got er disease too.
2006-12-04 16:47:24 · answer #5 · answered by aaapowersports 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋