Thyroid Toxicity

Author(s): Immacolata Cristina Nettore and Paolo Emidio Macchia

DOI: 10.2174/9781681082219116010008

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Thyroid Toxicity

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

Abstract

Thyroxine is one of the most widely used drugs all over the world. Normally thyroid hormones are used in the treatment of hypothyroidism or goiter, but cases of drug overdose have been frequently reported (thyrotoxicosis factitia). This chapter will focus on the prevalence, consequences and the treatment of the thyrotoxicosis factitia, as a complication of inappropriate L- thyroxine treatment for obesity, following the ingestion of beef contaminated with thyroid gland and after accidental thyroid hormone ingestion.

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Intoxication, overdose ingestion, thyroid hormones, thyrotoxicosis factitia, treatment.

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