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Luzila Lopez
• Hashimotos disease is a condition in which your
What is immune system attacks your thyroid gland.
Hashimotos • This usually causes inflammation that often
leads to hypothyroidism.
Disease?
What is your thyroid
gland?
• The thyroid gland is a butterfly
shaped gland at the base of the neck.
• The thyroids hormones regulate
several bodily functions.
• Heart rate
• Body weight
• Muscle strength
• Cholesterol level
Fatigue
Memory lapses
Antibody test
• Abnormal antibodies
Treatment
• Wait and see if • Synthetic hormone • Natural hormone
you require • Levothroxone extract from a
• Synthroid
medication pigs thyroid.
Work Cited
Bridget Brady MD(2018)www.endocrineweb.com/conditions/thyroid-
nodules/thyroid-gland-controls-bodys-metabolism-how-it-works-
symptoms-hyperthyroid
Mayoclinic(2018) www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-
conditions/hashimotos-disease/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20351860