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Can A 10 Year Old Child Suffer Thyroidism?
My granddaughter is ten years old and was seen by her pediatrician who had felt her thyroid and said that it felt spongy and that she had thyroid antibodies and her tsh level was very high. She hasbeen placed on thyroid medicine now. My concern for is thatshe is getting properly diagnosed
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
Welcome and thank you for asking!
I can understand and appreciate your concern regarding your daughter.
From your prescription i can understand that your daughter is diagnosed with Hashimoto thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease, that is inherited in most of the cases.
The females are more affected than the males. It is a chronic disease and the worst thing is that she has to take the treatment long life and this is the worst part.
I would recommend to check for other autoimmune diseases like: Celiac disease, anemia ect. because often it is associated with other autoimmune diseases.
You have also to check your thyroid function as it may have been inherited by you.
Hope i was helpful.
Kind regards,
Dr.Mirjeta
I can understand and appreciate your concern regarding your daughter.
From your prescription i can understand that your daughter is diagnosed with Hashimoto thyroiditis, an autoimmune disease, that is inherited in most of the cases.
The females are more affected than the males. It is a chronic disease and the worst thing is that she has to take the treatment long life and this is the worst part.
I would recommend to check for other autoimmune diseases like: Celiac disease, anemia ect. because often it is associated with other autoimmune diseases.
You have also to check your thyroid function as it may have been inherited by you.
Hope i was helpful.
Kind regards,
Dr.Mirjeta
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