endocrine and metabolic disorders
Silent Lymphocytic Thyroiditis
Treatment of Silent Lymphocytic Thyroiditis
Usually a beta-blocker Sometimes thyroid hormone replacement ) during the Beta-blockers . Antithyroid drugs, surgery, and radioiodine therapy are contraindicated. Thyroid hormone replacement may be required during the hypothyroid phase. Most patients recover normal thyroid function, although some remain permanently hypothyroid. Therefore, thyroid function should be reevaluated after 9 to 12 months of thyroxine therapy; replacement is stopped for 5 weeks, and TSH is remeasured. This disorder usually recurs after subsequent pregnancies. 