Research Results For 'Goitre'

CRETINISM

Cretinism is a disease developed in early childhood due to the absence or deficiency of the thyroid gland or to goitre. The disease is distributed the world over, but is especially common in certain areas such as Switzerland and Derbyshire.
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EXOPHTHALMIC GOITRE

Exophthalmic Goitre (Graves' Disease) is a form of hyperthyroidism characterised by enlargement of the thyroid gland, protrusion of the eyeballs, increased basal metabolic rate, and weight loss.
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GOITRE

Goitre or Bronchocele (known in Britain as Derbyshire Neck) is an overgrown or swollen thyroid gland, usually observed as a swelling in the neck. Formerly the disease was endemic in Derbyshire, Switzerland, some parts of France and South America, and in many other parts of the world, chiefly in valleys and elevated plains in mountainous districts.
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LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM

Levothyroxine sodium is a synthetic crystalline levothyroxine sodium (L-thyroxine). L-thyroxine is the principal hormone secreted by the normal thyroid gland. Chemically, L-thyroxine is designated as L-tyrosine, O- (4-hydroxy-3, 5-diiodophenyl) - 3,5-diiodo -, monosodium salt, hydrate. It is used in replacement or supplemental therapy in patients of any age or state (including pregnancy) with hypothyroidism of any aetiology except transient hypothyroidism during the recovery phase of sub- acute thyroiditis: primary hypothyroidism resulting from thyroid dysfunction, primary atrophy, or partial or total absence of the thyroid gland, or from the effects of surgery, radiation or drugs, with or without the presence of goitre, including sub-clinical hypothyroidism; secondary (pituitary) hypothyroidism; and tertiary (hypothalamic) hypothyroidism.
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BROMINE

Bromine (named from the Greek bromos meaning a getid odour) is a non-metallic element normally a deep red, corrosive, toxic liquid giving of an irritating reddish brown vapour of disagreeable odour. It has the symbol Br. It was first discovered in salt water by Balard in 1826.
In its general chemical properties it much resembles chlorine and iodine, and is generally associated with them. As bromides it is found in minute quantities in sea-water, in the ashes of marine plants, in animals, and in some salt springs. It may be extracted from bittern by the agency of chlorine. It has bleaching powers like chlorine, and is very poisonous. Its density is about three times that of water. It combines with hydrogen to form hydrobromic acid gas. With oxygen and hydrogen it forms bromic acid. Bromide of potassium (K Br) has sedative and other properties, and is used in medicine (for treating scrofula, goitre, rheumatism, &c.); bromide of silver is used in film photography.
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