Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism in Children and Adolescents: Part 2
Hello again. I want you to appreciate the fact that so far, I have stuck to my goal of at least one entry a week! In my last entry, I…
Read moreHello again. I want you to appreciate the fact that so far, I have stuck to my goal of at least one entry a week! In my last entry, I…
Read moreEvery week I give lectures to the medical students and resident physicians rotating through the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology. I try to keep things pretty informal and I usually do…
Read moreRecently, I have been contacted by a number of acquaintances, all of whom have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. That in and of itself is not so strange; hypothyroidism is acually…
Read moreYou probably know that a major earthquake and tidal wave hit Japan a few weeks ago. One of the many problems associated with this catastrophe was damage to several nuclear…
Read moreI apologize for not having an endocrinology-based entry for quite a while. I do appreciate the many nice comments I have received on past entries. I will try to write…
Read moreThe Question The other day I got into a discussion with a primary care physician (PCP) about a hypothetical patient. We had been discussing a case history for an upcoming…
Read moreI haven’t looked in my archives, but I vaguely remember writing something quite a while back about enlargement of the thyroid gland, which is commonly called a goiter (the term…
Read moreIn my last entry, I discussed a rare form of congenital hypothyroidism (CH) mostly to make a point about the importance of routine medical care in detecting potentially serious medical…
Read moreIn my last entry, I discussed a bit about the diagnostic process and the importance of first thinking of common disorders and then the rare ones. Here, I will discuss…
Read moreIn recent posts I have discussed what causes hypothyroidism in children and how to diagnose it but I didn’t really discuss typical signs and symptoms. Newborns: don’t wait for clues…
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