Hashimoto's thyroiditis is an auto immune disorder. If left untreated your thyroid profile get dearranged. In Hashimoto's thyroiditis auto antibodies to thyroid ( anti-TPO) are present. It mostly affects middle aged persons.
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis has a good prognosis if treated adequately and timely. If untreated leads to complications like thyrotoxicosis, heart failure. If it persists thyroid gland does not secret the hormone that leads to hypothyroidism. Often develops thyroid cancer.
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common cause of hypothyroidism. In this condition, the immune system attacks the thyroid gland. If left untreated, you may experience problems like alopecia, arthralgia, constipation, menorrhagia, oligomenorrhea, fatigue. It can also lead to many health complications such as heart disorders like an enlarged heart or heart failure, high levels of bad cholesterol, mental problems like depression, decreased libido in both men and women, goiter, myxedema, birth defects like heart, kidney, brain problems in infants. Other serious complications may arise as well such as autoimmune disorders like Grave's disease, Addison's disease, type 1 diabetes, vitiligo, premature ovarian failure, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid cancer.
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