'Abstract : Thyroid Disease in Children'

'\n\n goitre - the visible involution of the thyroidal gland. scrofula occurs in non-homogeneous diseases of the thyroid gland and may be accompanied by clinical signs of hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism , oft symptoms of thyroid disfunction are take out ( euthyroid ) . Thus, the presence of struma in itself does non establish the causa of the disease. Most children with euthyroid goiter there . prevalence of goitre in children is 4-5 % and increases with age. Girls goiter is much(prenominal) common than in boys (all age groups ) . there are several(prenominal) classifications of goiter , and whizz of them is shown in panel . 32.1.\nI. Types of goiter in children\nA. Non-toxic goiter - acquired or congenital thyroid disease , thyroiditis or not caused by a tumor characterized by euthyroid or hypothyroid ( at to the lowest degree in the proterozoic stages ) .\n1. Acquired harmless goiter (synonyms : elementary goiter, simple nontoxic goiter , simple colloidal goiter , insipid goiter) . The share of the disease accounts for approximately 25% of the increase in thyroid crabby person in children . clinical and biochemical signs of dysfunction no weedcer . The girls gained nontoxic goiter occurs 3-5 times more often than boys . aim that thyroid expanding upon in acquired nontoxic goiter can be caused by autoantibodies that stimulate crab louse cell proliferation (but not the secretion of thyroid hormones).\nInspection. Iron uniformly increased , tactual exploration smooth, mobile, painless , expression consistency .'