| Thyroid problems can come in various forms and bring | | | | under this section include: Graves' disease, thyroid |
| a wide selection of symptoms along with them. While | | | | storm, iatrogenic hyperthyroidism, and toxic nodule. |
| you may have heard of some types of thyroid | | | | Several possible symptoms involved in |
| disease, there are numerous possibilities throughout | | | | hyperthyroidism-related diseases are: fatigue, hair loss, |
| several categories of thyroid illness. For now, we will | | | | nausea, irritability, and tremor. |
| highlight some of the major types of thyroid problems | | | | Anatomical disorders are thyroid disorders involving |
| found in humans. | | | | abnormalities of the gland. The major type amongst |
| Hypothyroidism is a common category of thyroid | | | | thyroid anatomical disorders is the goiter, which can |
| problems, and is the name for diseases in which the | | | | come in forms such as diffuse goiter, endemic goiter, |
| thyroid function is underactive (hence the "hypo" | | | | and multinodular goiter. Lingual thyroid and thyroglossal |
| prefix). Some of the diseases classified under | | | | cyst are two other possible anatomical issues. |
| hypothyroidism include: cretinism (in children and infants), | | | | Symptoms may vary from one form to the other. |
| acute thyroiditis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and silent | | | | Thyroid tumors are another section of thyroid |
| thyroiditis, amongst others. While symptoms may vary, | | | | problems, and can involve both benign tumors and |
| as with other conditions discussed in this article, several | | | | cancerous, malignant ones. Thyroid adenoma is a form |
| of the common early symptoms in hypothyroidism | | | | that is a benign tumor, while lymphoma and other |
| may include: fatigue, arthritis, joint pain, and weight gain. | | | | cancers of the thyroid are malignant types. Having an |
| Hyperthyroidism is a sort of opposite to | | | | enlarged thyroid gland or a thyroid nodule can be a |
| hypothyroidism. In such conditions, there is overactive | | | | potential symptom of a thyroid tumor. Later symptoms |
| thyroid function, which leads to excessive thyroid | | | | may also appear if the tumor or cancer has |
| hormone production. Some thyroid problems classified | | | | progressed. |