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Euthyroid sick syndrome

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Common symptoms

肝功能异常、肝脾肿大、多饮、蜘蛛痣、静脉曲张、多尿、反应迟钝、低蛋白血症

The pathology of disease

Non-thyroidal illness (sick euthyroid) syndrome is alteration in thyroid tests (low T3, low T4 in severe, low TSH) during acute systemic illness; no thyroid hormone; resolves with recovery.

Symptoms

Acute illness; low T3; low TSH; no goiter; no symptoms of thyroid disease; reversible

Causes

Acute systemic illness; starvation; drugs; altered thyroid hormone metabolism.

Treatment

Treat underlying illness; do not give thyroid hormone; recheck after recovery; avoid misdiagnosis

Dept

Endocrinology / internal medicine / ICU.

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