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Films featuring young people with hypothyroidism and other thyroid conditions. Information about congenital hypothyroidism and hypothyroidism (or underachieve thyroid) in children and babies, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and management.
- Children and thyroid disorders
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- Children and thyroid disorders
- 1.1 Information for people with thyroid disease, their families and carers. Presenting information. 1.1.1 Ensure that information is presented to facilitate shared decision making, as recommended in the NICE guideline on shared decision making.
- 1.2 Investigating suspected thyroid dysfunction. Indications for tests for thyroid dysfunction. 1.2.1 Consider tests for thyroid dysfunction for adults, children and young people if there is a clinical suspicion of thyroid disease, but bear in mind that 1 symptom alone may not be indicative of thyroid disease.
- 1.3 Managing primary hypothyroidism. Tests for people with confirmed primary hypothyroidism. Adults. 1.3.1 Consider measuring thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAbs) for adults with TSH levels above the reference range, but do not repeat TPOAbs testing.
- 1.4 Follow-up and monitoring of primary hypothyroidism. Tests for follow-up and monitoring of primary hypothyroidism. 1.4.1 Aim to maintain TSH levels within the reference range when treating primary hypothyroidism with levothyroxine.
NEW Guidelines on thyroid disorder in children and young people with Down syndrome: Surveillance and when to initiate treatment now available. Further details also available on Thyroid disorder topic page. The new thyroid guidelines were officially launched on Friday May 22 nd 2020.
Mean age at diagnosis was 2.4 ± 1.1 years (range 0.3 - 4.9) and the average interval between diagnosis of thyroid dysfunction and documentation of remission was 13.2 ± 11.1 months, with most cases resolving between 4 and 5 years of age. Fourteen of the 53 children with hypothyroidism were treated with levothyroxine.
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Treatment depends on many factors, for example your child’s age, and how long they have had hyperthyroidism. The doctor will give a full explanation and help you and your child understand the treatment offered. Do antithyroid drugs have any side effects? There may be some minor side effects of antithyroid drugs, such as nausea or a rash.
Our Center is led by Andrew J. Bauer, MD, FAAP, a world-renowned endocrinologist and researcher, who is often sought for second opinions on difficult-to-diagnose thyroid disorders. In most cases, hypothyroidism can be treated with thyroid hormone replacement pills (levothyroxine).
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