NOT EXPECTED TO REM DRUG DOSAGES, TIME FRAMES

REMEMBER - TREATMENT OPTIONS, ROUGHLY WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES EACH APPLIES AND COMMON SIDE EFFECTS AND SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT TREATMENT OPTIONS

• Understand the causes of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism = Most common - graves disease (autoimmune)

Toxic multinodular goitre

• Small benign nodules within the thyroid gland. Cells within the nodules are unresponsive to secretory control mechanisms and secrete excess T3 and T4
• Worldwide, iodine deficiency is the most common cause

de Quervain’s – subacute thyroiditis

swelling of thyroid gland triggered by viral infection