Your Thyroid: What You Need to Know ana08 tháng 9 18, 2014I came across this information sheet about "Your Thyroid," which came from the Hormone Health Network. Although very simplistic, ... Read More
What's the Human Risk Associated with Handling of Thyroid Medications? ana08 tháng 1 13, 2014Maybe I am missing something here, but I have a question about the human risk associated with handling thyroid medications. Why do you state... Read More
A Tribute to a Special Patient, "The Colonel" ana08 tháng 12 31, 2013The Colonel after his radioiodine treatment The Colonel was one of our favorite hyperthyroid patients at the Animal Endocrine Clinic. We fir... Read More
Can Methimazole Cause Anemia in Hyperthyroid Cats? ana08 tháng 12 24, 2013I am very concerned about my 14-year old male DSH cat. He was diagnosed in the spring with hyperthyroidism and has been treated with oral me... Read More
Using a Low-Iodine Diet (y/d) in Hyperthyroid Cats Allowed Outdoors ana08 tháng 12 17, 2013Is feeding the low-iodine diet (Hill's y/d) an appropriate or reasonable choice for a hyperthyroid cat that is allowed outside and hunts... Read More
Difficult Swallowing in Cats with Hyperthyroidism ana08 tháng 11 22, 2013We have a 13-year old male cat named Balki with hyperthyroidism and moderate renal disease. He has a history of diabetes, but that has been ... Read More
Can a Special Diet be Formulated to Treat Hyperthyroidism in Cats? ana08 tháng 10 26, 2013I have a 13-year old female DSH cat that has recently been diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. Unfortunately found out that she is severely alle... Read More
Methimazole-induced Overgrooming in Cats ana08 tháng 10 19, 2013Methimazole-induced facial excoriation in a hyperthyroid cat I have a 13-year old male DSH cat with hyperthyroidism. He's being treated ... Read More
Transient Hypothyroidism in Cats Following Radioiodine ana08 tháng 6 07, 2013Transient hypothyroidism, with the development of subnormal thyroid hormone levels, is common after radioiodine therapy. However, such suppr... Read More
Success Rates for Radioiodine Treatment in Hyperthyroid Cats ana08 tháng 5 24, 2013The ideal goal of radioiodine (131-I) therapy in cats with hyperthyroidism is to restore euthyroidism with a single dose of radioiodine with... Read More
High-dose Radioiodine Treatment for Thyroid Carcinoma ana08 tháng 5 10, 2013Figure 1: Hyperthyroid cat with a huge thyroid tumor after 3 years of methimazole treatment. Notice the swollen neck, which turned out to... Read More
Estimating the Radioiodine Dose to Administer to Cats with Hyperthyroidism ana08 tháng 4 30, 2013Ideally, treatment of a hyperthyroid cat with a single dose of radioiodine should restore euthyroidism without inducing hypothyroidism. In o... Read More
Thyroid Scintigraphy for Diagnosis and Staging of Cats to be Treated with Radioiodine ana08 tháng 4 15, 2013Thyroid scintigraphy provides valuable information regarding both thyroid anatomy and physiology and can play an integral role in the diagno... Read More