Endocrine Disorders: Evaluation and Management
Summary
- Decreased Thyroid Hormone
- Common symptoms of overt hypothyroidism are insidious onset of fatigue, weakness, dry skin, cold intolerance, slowed mentation, constipation, hoarse voice, paresthesia, bradycardia, and delayed tendon reflex relaxation[Roberts 2004]
- Prevalence of overt hypothyroidism in HIV-infected individuals has been estimated to be between 0% and 2.6%[Beltran 2003; Madeddu 2006; Grappin 2000; Collazos 2003]
- Overt hypothyroidism is treated with levothyroxine, with the goal of maintaining TSH between 0.5 and 2.0 mU/L[Wartofsky 2005]
- Overt Hypothyroidism
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Keywords: Endocrine Disorders