Month: December 2025

Hypothyroid myopathy is a muscle disease that happens when the thyroid gland is underactive and does not make enough thyroid hormone. Thyroid hormone helps muscles use energy, contract, relax, repair themselves, and clear waste products. When hormone levels are low Read More …

Pickardt syndrome (also called Pickardt–Fahlbusch syndrome) is a very rare hormone problem where the connection between the brain’s control center (the hypothalamus) and the front part of the pituitary gland is damaged. This connection is a small stalk with tiny Read More …

Thyroid dyshormonogenesis is a group of rare genetic problems where the thyroid gland is present (often normal or enlarged) but cannot make thyroid hormone properly. The main issue is not in the size or position of the gland, but in Read More …

Van Wyk-Grumbach syndrome is a rare condition seen mainly in children who have severe, long-standing hypothyroidism (very low thyroid hormone). In this syndrome the child shows signs of early puberty and enlarged ovaries or testes, even though the thyroid gland Read More …

Euthyroid sick syndrome (also called non-thyroidal illness syndrome or sick euthyroid syndrome) happens when thyroid blood tests look abnormal during a serious illness, but the thyroid gland itself is not damaged. In this condition, the body changes the way it Read More …

Myxedema coma is a very severe, life-threatening form of hypothyroidism, where the thyroid hormone level becomes so low that the body can no longer keep basic functions stable. In this condition, the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs start Read More …

Myxedema is a medical word for very severe thyroid disease. Doctors use it in two ways. First, it can mean extreme, long-standing hypothyroidism, when the body has had very low thyroid hormone for a long time and many organs start Read More …

Congenital hypothyroidism means that a baby is born with too little thyroid hormone in the body. The thyroid is a small gland in the neck that controls growth, brain development, and metabolism. When the thyroid hormone is low at birth Read More …

Cretinism is an old medical word for a very severe form of congenital hypothyroidism. This means a baby is born with very low thyroid hormone, usually from before birth, and it is not treated early. The low hormone level harms Read More …

Iodine deficiency means your body is not getting enough iodine, a tiny but very important mineral that you must get from food or supplements. Your body uses iodine to make thyroid hormones, which control how fast you use energy, how Read More …

Lymphocytic hypophysitis is a rare disease where the body’s immune system wrongly attacks the pituitary gland, a small hormone-controlling gland at the base of the brain. This attack causes many white blood cells called lymphocytes to enter the pituitary and Read More …