Why hypothyroidism is also known as Hashimoto diease?

Question

Why hypothyroidism is also known as Hashimoto diease?

Answer 1

Also known as Hashimoto's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis is named after the Japanese physician Hashimoto Hakaru (1881−1934) of the medical school at Kyushu University, who first described the symptoms in 1912 in a German publication.

Thre's more at the Wiki reference below and several other references witha quick search engine look.

Why is this in the Radio section? Hit the wrong button? Or is it a trivia question for a station? ;<)

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Answer 2

It is named after the doctor who discovered it. However, the words hypothyroidism and hasimotos is not always interchangeable.  One can have hypothyroidism and not have Hasimoto's. This is because with Hashimoto's there is the presence of antibodies, where in hypothyroidism not caused by antibodies there are no antibodies present. I have hypothyroidism and no antibodies, so I do not have Hashimotos

Answer 3

I think that it's named for the doctor who isolated the condition. I had Graves Disease of the thyroid.

Answer 4

Ewwww. Didnt know that.