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- Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:14 pm
- Forum: Hypothyroidism (Underactive Thyroid)
- Topic: Post thyroid surgery hypoparathyroidism long term follow ups
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4046
Post thyroid surgery hypoparathyroidism long term follow ups
Post thyroid surgery hypoparathyroidism long term follow ups (posted under Thyroid surgery also) – What tests should be done and how frequent should they be? If a patient is still presenting with mild symptoms of hypoparathyroidism on a daily basis (two or more years after surgery) what care should ...
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:03 pm
- Forum: Surgery
- Topic: Post thyroid surgery hypoparathyroidism long term follow ups
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10149
Post thyroid surgery hypoparathyroidism long term follow ups
Post thyroid surgery hypoparathyroidism long term follow ups - What tests should be done and how frequent should they be? If a patient is still presenting with mild symptoms of hypoparathyroidism on a daily basis what care should they expect and from whom (surgeon, endocrinologist, GP...)? Is it tru...
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:56 pm
- Forum: Lumps and Thyroid Cancer
- Topic: Thyroid Cancer treatment
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4876
Thyroid Cancer treatment
From discussions with other thyroid cancer patients nationally, it would appear that treatment differs between UK hospitals? Is there any consistency and recognised guidelines for the treatment of thyroid cancer in the UK. If not, why not? If there are guidelines, what determines the type of treatme...
- Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:46 pm
- Forum: Lumps and Thyroid Cancer
- Topic: Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - long term follow up
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3877
Differentiated Thyroid Cancer - long term follow up
The Weill Cornell Medical College suggests ‘All patients with a history of well-differentiated thyroid cancer should have yearly cervical ultrasound scanning, thyroglobulin and thyroglobulin antibodies. ‘ Why is annual cervical ultrasound scanning not included in the routine follow up care in the UK?
- Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:14 pm
- Forum: Hypothyroidism (Underactive Thyroid)
- Topic: T3 with T4 - T3 value & long term use risks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8205
T3 with T4 - T3 value & long term use risks
Is it true that triiodothyronine (T3), is added to existing treatments, such as SSRIs, in the treatment of depressive disorders? Could the well-being feeling people have when taking T3 in addition to thyroxine (T4) for an underactive thyroid be due to the anti-depressive values it has rather than T3...