A doctor can prescribe medication to suppress your thyroid and may eventually suggest permanent treatment with radioactive iodine, which will effectively inactivate the thyroid gland. At that point, they will give you replacement thyroid hormone, as your body won't make it (or enough) anymore.
2007-01-15 10:24:50
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answered by r alexander 4
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Depending on the severity, the first course is generally medication used to suppress thyroid function. The second line of action, if the hyperthyroidism is more severe and not responing to meds, is usually radioactive iodine therapy, where radioactive material attached to iodine particles is injected into your body; the thyroid is predisposed to 'suck up' iodine, so it takes in the radioactive particles as well, which damage the thyroid and eventually destroy it. If this treatment is not appropriate, or doesn't work the first time, surgery to remove the thyroid is done (and is actually much safer now, due to improved techniques). Once the thyroid is gone, you will start taking thyroid replacement meds, and will likely stay on them for the rest of your life.
If you are young and the hyperthyroidism isn't severe or progressed, it's likely that you will be successful in managing it with meds. There are also natural ways of aiding treatment that are worth looking into.
Good luck and don't worry too much, this problem if usually quite controllable.
2007-01-15 18:29:01
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answered by tiggywinkle 3
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go see a doctor there is medication for hypothroidism but there is a different treatment for hyperthyroidism
2007-01-15 18:31:48
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answered by Wicked 7
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yes, you need to see a doctor, and get on a medication.
2007-01-15 18:21:59
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answered by kallmetigger 4
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