What is Hashimoto’s Disease?
Hashimoto’s disease causes inflammation of your thyroid which controls many of your body’s activities, from digestion to metabolism to reproduction.
Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune disorder which attacks your thyroid gland, causing damage to your thyroid cells.
It upsets the balance of chemical reactions in your body.
he inflammation caused by Hashimoto’s disease often leads to an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism).
Hashimoto’s disease is the most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States.
Doctors use blood tests to detect Hashimoto’s disease.
Hashimoto’s disease is treated with hormone replacement medication and is usually simple and effective.
“Hashimoto’s disease is named after the Japanese physician Hashimoto Hakaru (1881−1934) of the medical school at Kyushu University who first described the symptoms in 1912 in a German publication.”
See also: Hashimoto’s disease – MayoClinic.com.
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