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just was told today that i have plummer's disease - after i have my right side of my thyroid out will i ever lose weight and feel better:

By Anonymous April 28, 2010 - 6:52pm
 
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year ago was told i had hisahimot - last week was told i had graves yesterday i went to jefferson and was given a pill today went back to jefferson and was scanned and pic taken of my thyroid then was told my dr. was wrong it wasn't graves but plummer the radioiolgst told me it was so large when they checked my neck they thought it was my thyroid

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Anon - The four common causes of hyperthyroidism are: Graves' (the most common); toxic multinodular goiter; single hot nodule (Plummer’s disease); and subacute thyroiditis.

You can find more information about the treatments for hyperthyroidism here:
https://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/06/24/hyperthyroidism-and-graves-disease?page=0,0

https://www.empowher.com/media/reference/hyperthyroidism#definition

https://www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/12/01/understanding-hyperthyroidism

Support: http://www.thyroid.org/patients/patients.html

Weight: http://www.thyroid.org/patients/patient_brochures/weight.html

April 29, 2010 - 6:41pm
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