PARENT HANDBOOK - Londonderry Christian Montessori …

Subacute inflammation of the thyroid can cause hypothyroidism; this dramatic cause of thyroiditis is called subacute thyroiditis; in this idiopathic condition (but probably a viral infection of the thyroid), the gland becomes “angrily” inflamed, swollen, and tender; it causes severe pain that “is felt like a bad sore throat”; ................
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