{"id":461,"date":"2017-03-26T14:25:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T14:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/endocrinology\/hyperthyroidism\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:25","slug":"hyperthyroidism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/endocrinology\/hyperthyroidism\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyperthyroidism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Data gathering<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; fever, abdo pains, vomiting, ongoing palpitations<\/li>\n<li>Other &#8211; weight loss, tremor, palpitations, diarrhoea, anxiety, neck swelling, eye<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; BP, pulse, CV exam, Thyroid exam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Clinical management<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations\n<ul>\n<li>Bloods<\/li>\n<li>ECG<\/li>\n<li>USS thyroid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>thyroxine is a hormone produced by the thyroid gland that helps with body functions such as how fast the heart beats, mood, bowels &#8211; having an overactive thyroid can result in a faster metabolism leading to palpitations, tremor, diarrhoea, anxiety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>Beta Blocker &#8211; tremor\/tachycardia<\/li>\n<li>Refer &#8211; carbimazole\/propylthiouracil\/radio-iodine\/surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Safety net\/follow up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Thyroid examination<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Obs &#8211; pulse, BP, temperature<\/li>\n<li>Inspect &#8211; hyperactive, sweats, skin, hair, eyes and neck<\/li>\n<li>Hands &#8211; tremor, nails<\/li>\n<li>Pulse &#8211; tachy<\/li>\n<li>Thyroid &#8211; feel from behind<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags &#8211; fever, abdo pains, vomiting, ongoing palpitations Other &#8211; weight loss, tremor, palpitations, diarrhoea, anxiety, neck swelling, eye Examine &#8211; BP, pulse, CV exam, Thyroid exam &nbsp; Clinical management Investigations Bloods ECG USS thyroid Explanation thyroxine is a hormone produced by the thyroid gland that helps with body functions such as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/endocrinology\/hyperthyroidism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hyperthyroidism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":456,"menu_order":73,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-461","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1927,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/461\/revisions\/1927"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}