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Ord's thyroiditis
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<p>Ord's thyroiditis is an atrophic form of chronic <a href="/facts/Thyroiditis/v0l6m7sQ">thyroiditis</a>, an <a href="/facts/Autoimmune_disease/sojBeQ7t">autoimmune disease</a> where the body's own <a href="/facts/Antibody/MX8pdTdP">antibodies</a> fight the <a href="/facts/Cell_(biology)/bLM9UQvy">cells</a> of the <a href="/facts/Thyroid/bjovTJVu">thyroid</a>. </p><p>It is named after the physician, <a href="/facts/William_Miller_Ord/Wf6CKxJB">William Miller Ord</a>, who first described it in 1877 and again in 1888. It is more common among women than men. It has historically been separated from <a href="/facts/Hashimoto%2527s_Thyroiditis/myBntJv5">Hashimoto's Thyroiditis</a> which presents with goiters, however some argue they each represent extremes of the same disease and should be classified together as a combined "Ord-Hashimoto’s disease". </p>