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thyroiditis (NURSING INTERVENTIONS (Increase fluid intake, hypothermic…
thyroiditis
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
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As such, thyroiditis is often an autoimmune disease
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DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
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Serum T3 and T4. Measurement of total T3 or T4 includes protein-bound and free hormone levels that occure in tresponse to TSH secretion
Thyroid antibodies. Results of testing by immunoassay techniques for antithyroid antibodies are positive in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
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CAUSES
drugs such as interferon and amiodarone, can also damage thyroid cells and cause thyroiditis.
- Viral and bacterial infections
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defintion
- inflammation of the thyroid gland