Types of the disease

Some types of hypothyroidism include acute thyroiditis, silent thyroiditis, ord’s thyroiditis, iatrogenic and postoperative hypothyroidism, hashimoto’s thyroiditis etc. Some of the types of hyperthyroidism are iatrogenic hyperthyroidism, Graves’ disease, plummer’s disease hashitoxicosis, thyroid storm,toxic thyroid nodule etc.

What are the consequences of the disease?

Many anatomical consequences arise due to the disease. Goitre in many forms like multinodular, diffuse and endemic goitre occurs. Thyroid disease also leads to some types of tumors. They are thyroid adenoma, medullary cancer, follicular cancer, anaplastic cancer, and also papillary cancer. Rarely lymphomas also occur due to thyroid disease.