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Nov 20, 2019 · This guideline covers investigating all suspected thyroid disease and managing primary thyroid disease (related to the thyroid rather than the pituitary gland). It does not cover managing thyroid cancer or thyroid disease in pregnancy.
5 1.1.1 Explain to people with thyroid disease who need treatment, and their 6 family or carers if appropriate, that: 7 • Thyroid disease usually responds well to treatment. 8 • The goal of treatment is to manage symptoms and align thyroid 9 function tests within or close to the reference range.
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Nov 20, 2019 · This guideline includes recommendations on: information for people with thyroid disease. investigating suspected thyroid dysfunction. managing , follow-up and monitoring of primary hypothyroidism. managing and monitoring of subclinical hypothyroidism.
Information about congenital hypothyroidism and hypothyroidism (or underachieve thyroid) in children and babies, including symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and management.
Medical records of a sample of 70 CYP with Down syndrome (mean age 10.5 years; range 1 – 19) and a control group of 386 CYP (mean age 12 years; range 11 - 13) were examined to determine findings from thyroid function tests and blood tests for thyroid autoantibodies.
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Children with overt hypothyroidism (elevated TSH and low T4 levels) are treated by replacing the amount of hormone that the child’s own thyroid can no longer make. The goal is to bring the T4 and TSH back to the normal range and restore the body’s normal functions (called ‘replacement’ therapy).
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May 21, 2020 · The new guideline (NG145) 1 covers primary thyroid disease in children and adults ( ie disease relating to the thyroid not the pituitary gland) but not the management of thyroid disease during pregnancy or thyroid cancer.
