Thyroiditis

<p>Thyroiditis is the <a href="/facts/Inflammation/Ura86MIy">inflammation</a> of the <a href="/facts/Thyroid_gland/bjovTJVu">thyroid gland</a>. The thyroid gland is located on the front of the neck below the <a href="/facts/Laryngeal_prominence/zyXgQL33">laryngeal prominence</a>, and makes <a href="/facts/Thyroid_hormones/9k4xJtCq">hormones that control metabolism</a>.
</p><p>Thyroiditis is a group of disorders that all cause thyroidal inflammation. Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment depend on the cause of thyroiditis. Forms of thyroiditis are <a href="/facts/Hashimoto%27s_thyroiditis/myBntJv5">Hashimoto's thyroiditis</a>, <a href="/facts/Postpartum_thyroiditis/udHIBGkD">postpartum thyroiditis</a>, <a href="/facts/De_Quervain%27s_thyroiditis/m5LJAVs7">subacute (de Quervain's) thyroiditis</a>, <a href="/facts/Silent_thyroiditis/yAuNyAI5">silent thyroiditis</a>, drug-induced thyroiditis, <a href="/facts/Radiation-induced_thyroiditis/8xqMJMX1">radiation-induced thyroiditis</a> and <a href="/facts/Acute_thyroiditis/MkwE10cy">acute thyroiditis</a>. 
</p>

Thyroiditis open-in-new

Thyroiditis