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Hashimotos disease? thyroiditis?

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about 2 months ago, I started getting this on and off "lump" feeling in my throat. now, it is somewhat visible. I am always tired, always lethargic, depressed and my knees... my knees HURT so bad, I could cry. my knees have felt arthritic for about a year and a half now. I'm 23 and female. I am getting a blood test tomorrow, and a throat ultrasound today, because I SUGGESTED it to my doctor. He just contributed it to anxiety problems. But it lasts for hours on end, at night it is worse. i feel like I am suffocating. Ive gained a bit of weight, but I contributed that to my mother passing away. I am in so much pain, and so scared to go to sleep (when I finally can) that I will wake up choking. the lump feeling is right where my throat meets my chest, under the adams apple area. I also think my doctor is denying me pain medication because I look like a punk kid, (I am married with a daughter) and I dont do drugs. is that wrong for him to deny me pain medication for my knees? I can barely sit or stand to long. sorry so long.. any input would be much appreciated.

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  1. Treatment is to start thyroid hormone replacement. This prevents or corrects the hypothyroidism and it also generally keeps the gland from getting larger.

    In most cases the thyroid gland will decrease in size once thyroid hormone replacement is started.

    Thyroid antibodies are present in 95% of patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and serve as a useful "marker" in identifying the disease without thyroid biopsy or surgery.

    Thyroid antibodies may remain for years after the disease has been adequately treated and the patient is on thyroid hormone replacement.

    READ MORE

    http://www.endocrineweb.com/thyroiditis....

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