Vitamin D Deficiency and Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis in Children and Adolescents: a Critical Vitamin D Level for This Association?
ABSTRACT
Objective: Vitamin D has been suggested to be active as an immunomodulator in autoimmune diseases such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT). The goal of the present study was to investigate the vitamin D status in HT patients.
Methods: This prevalence case-control study was conducted on 90 patients with ...
The importance of selenium in Hashimoto’s disease
Summary
The aim of this study was to present the current state of knowledge on the role of selenium in the treatment of Hashimoto’s disease. In recent years, the number of cases of autoimmune Hashimoto’s thyroiditis – a chronic disease that usually leads to hypothyroidism – has increased. Most patients have elevated levels of anti-TPO antibodies. The presence of these antibodies ...
The Footprints of Poly-autoimmunity: evidence for common Biological Factors involved in Multiple sclerosis and hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Autoimmune diseases are a diverse group of chronic disorders and affect a multitude of organs and systems. However, the existence of common pathophysiological mechanisms is hypothesized and reports of shared risk are emerging as well. In this regard, patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) have been shown ...
The effect of obesity and dietary habits on oxidative stress in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Abstract
Objective: Increased oxidative stress has been described in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT). The aim of the present study was to investigate whether high oxidative stress is further influenced by obesity and dietary habits in euthyroid women with HT.
Methods: Two hundred eighteen consecutive euthyroid women with HT were ...
Specific use of CSII during enteral nocturnal nutrition in a child with type 1 diabetes, Hashimoto’s
thyroiditis, and Down syndrome
SUMÁRIO
O manejo da terapia com insulina em pacientes diabéticos que têm comorbidades que envolvam aspectos nutricionais é um grande desafio para os especialistas em diabetes. Em pacientes diabéticos com estado nutricional comprometido, a nutrição artificial, tanto enteral quanto parenteral, pode ...
Selenium supplementation could restore euthyroidism in subclinical hypothyroid patients with autoimmune thyroiditis
Abstract
Intriduction: The thyroid is an organ with one of the highest selenium concentrations, containing many selenoproteins implicated in thyroid hormone metabolism. Treatment with levothyroxine has been recommended for all subclinical hypothyroid patients with TSH levels > 10 mU/L, whereas for those with TSH < 10 ...
Primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism among vitamin D deficient Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients and the need for a parathyroid scan
Dear Editor, Vitamin D deciency/insufficiency is quite prevalent in many countries where has been studied. The reported vitamin D screening and supplementation, during the last years in Greece, in healthy persons without underlying risk factors (such as osteoporosis, osteomalakia, malabsorption syndromes, ...
Powdered black cumin seeds strongly improves serum lipids, atherogenic index of plasma and modulates anthropometric features in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
Abstract
Background: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is associated with serious alterations in serum lipids and glucose homeostasis.
The aims of the current study were to evaluate the effect of powdered Nigella sativa on serum lipids, glucose
homeostasis and anthropometric ...
