Tag: Thyroid examination

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Teach you to read the thyroid function test report

The diagnosis of hyperthyroidism depends not only on typical clinical manifestations and signs, but also on thyroid function. Thyroid function test report Thyroid function mainly includes the following 5 indicators: FT3, free triiodothyronine: is the active form of free thyroid hormone in blood; FT4, free tetraiodothyronine: is a free thyroid hormone in blood; TSH, Serum Thyrotropin: A hormone released by pituitary gland to stimulate thyroid gland to secrete thyroid hormone; TPOAb, thyroid peroxidase antibody: is a kind of thyroid autoimmune antibody; TGAb, Thyroglobulin Antibody: It is a kind of thyroid autoimmune antibody. Among them, the characteristics of hyperthyroidism’s laboratory tests are: FT3 and FT4 are increased and TSH is decreased. However, it should be noted that [thyroiditis] may also have Read More …

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Hand in hand to teach you to understand thyroid color Doppler ultrasound report

When examining the thyroid gland, besides blood tests, thyroid ultrasound is an indispensable item. Ultrasound can be divided into black-and-white ultrasound and color ultrasound, just like TV has black-and-white and color difference? No. On the monitor, Color ultrasound also sees black and white images. The reason why it is named [color] is that it can display the blood flow of the inspected part, and the flow direction is different, and the blood is [given] different colors, so the whole color ultrasound is called [color Doppler blood flow imaging], abbreviated as [color Doppler ultrasound]. In addition, it is clearer and has better image quality than black and white ultrasound. Usually used for thyroid examination is mostly color Doppler ultrasound. Why? The Read More …