Category: Thyroid

Subacute Thyroiditis Following COVID-19: A Case of Diagnostic Challenge in the Absence of Neck Pain

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Kan Sakai • Tadahiro Yonaha • Takashi Shinzato • Takahiro Taira, Published: June 11, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62203  Abstract This case report presents a 77-year-old woman who developed subacute thyroiditis following COVID-19. The patient exhibited atypical symptoms, including fever, fatigue, anorexia, significant weight loss, headaches, and palpitations, without the typical neck pain or tenderness associated with thyroiditis. One week later, a follow-up examination showed […]

Warning to anyone who’s had Covid over nasty complications that can strike months later

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Authors: Vanessa Chalmers, Digital Health Reporter 6:48 ET, Jun 1 2022 COVID survivors have been warned of a complication that could strike months after recovery – and impact them for years to come. The thyroid is a gland that sits at the front of the neck. It produces hormones that control a variety of bodily functions; […]