A randomized controlled trial conducted by Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine showed that adding methotrexate 10 mg/week to standard thiamazole treatment significantly improved the remission rate off medication in patients with Graves’ disease (GD) at 15–18 months (55.6% vs. 38.9%) and accelerated the reduction of TSH receptor antibody (TRAb) levels, with […]
Tag: Thyroid Diseases
Updates in Diagnostic and Adjunctive Diagnostic Techniques for Thyroid Diseases
A team from Shandong Provincial Hospital integrated data from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and Chinese multicenter health examination data to explore factors influencing the reference intervals of TSH and thyroid hormones. The results showed that with advancing age, TSH increased and total triiodothyronine (T3) decreased, while total thyroxine (T4) remained relatively […]
New Findings in Thyroid Disease Testing and Inappropriate Ultrasound Screening
Grade 2 subclinical hypothyroidism (G2SCH), defined as a serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level exceeding 10 mU/L, often requires treatment. A team from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine used machine learning algorithms on routine physical examination indicators and identified four factors most strongly associated with G2SCH: age, hemoglobin, red blood cell […]
Risk Factors for Various Thyroid Diseases
According to a study by Adams et al., when administered the same dose of thyroid hormone per unit body weight, elderly women are more susceptible to iatrogenic thyrotoxicosis than men, which may be related to gender differences in body composition. Calculating the drug dosage based on ideal body weight or lean body mass instead of […]
The Relationship Between Diabetes and Thyroid Diseases
The thyroid gland is located in front of the trachea, shaped like a butterfly and resembling a shield, hence its name. Specifically, it lies about 2–3 cm below the Adam’s apple and moves up and down with swallowing. That is why clinicians often ask patients to swallow during a thyroid examination.Thyroid disorders mainly include hyperthyroidism, […]