What is Euthyroid Sick Syndrome? How to manage it? What are the precautions to be taken? What are the signs and symptoms? What is the cause of this disease? How to treat it? How can homeopathy help you? All of this answered, in this post and of course our doctors always there to help you. Just fill in your details in the form down below and we will answer all your questions for FREE!
What is euthyroid sick syndrome?
Euthyroid sick syndrome is a state of adaptation or dysregulation of thyrotropic feedback control where the level of T3 and T4 are at unusual levels but the thyroid gland does not appear to be dysfunctional.
Age /sex of euthyroid sick syndrome?
It can affect people at any age.
What are the causes of euthyroid sick syndrome?
Include a number of chronic and acute conditions:
-Pneumonia
-Fasting
-Starvation
-Sepsis
-Stress
-Heart failure
-Cardiopulmonary bypass
-Malignancy
-Trauma
-Myocardial infarction
-Chronic renal failure
-Cirrhosis
-Diabetic ketoacidosis
What are the signs and symptoms of euthyroid sick syndrome?
Symptoms include:
-Hypothermia (decreased body temperature)
-reduced heart rate
-reduced muscle strength
-respiratory depression
Investigations for Euthyroid sick syndrome?
-Typical non thyroid illness (NTI) findings are T4 level within the reference range low T3 level, slightly reduced or reference range level of TSH, elevated rT3 level, and sometimes free T4 level is also raised.
-In severe NTI, the findings are low T4, low T3, reduced TSH, elevated rT3, and free T4 that is within the reference range or is diminished.
What is the treatment for euthyroid sick syndrome?
No specicific treatment is there for euthyroid sick syndrome. Medication will give only symtomatic relief.
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