To add to that, I have Hashimoto's, a reason why I am a bit worried about taking birth control pills. I would seriously prefer birth control pills (while using the condoms of course), but friends who have had hypothyroidism have warned me against birth control unless I begin taking thyroid supplements (which I have been advised are premature at this stage). I would really like to know if this i...

INTRODUCTION Minimal hepatic encephalopathy refers to a mild neurocognitive impairment not detectable by clinical examination that can be present in cirrhotic patients. AIM To determine the prevalence of minimal hepatic encephalopathy in a secondary healthcare center in Northern Portugal. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted. Cirrhotic outpatients were included. EXCL...

64 Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) or Portosystemic encephalopathy (PSE) in end-stage liver disease (ESLD) such as cirrhosis of the liver is a reversible and recurrent disorder of neurological function caused by liver disease or portosystemic shunting of blood or both. In this article only hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in chronic end-stage liver disease (ESLD) will be discussed. Hepatic encephalopath...

Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITDs) such as Hashimoto’s disease (HD) and Graves’disease (GD) are archetypes of organ-specific autoimmune disease (Davies et al., 1988; Volpe, 1995). Hashimoto’s disease (HD), Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) or chronic autoimmune lymphocytic thyroiditis was first described by H. Hashimoto in 1912 as struma lymphomatosa (Hashimoto H.,1912). Histological and cytologica...

8. Ishii K, Amagai M, Komai A, Ebihara T, Chorzelski TP, Jablonska S, et al. Desmoglein 1 and desmoglein 3 are the target autoantigens in herpetiform pemphigus. Arch Dermatol. 1999;135:943--7. 9. Nakashima H, Fujimoto M, Watanabe R, Ishiura N, Yamamoto AI, Hashimoto T, et al. Herpetiform pemphigus without antidesmoglein 1/3 autoantibodies. J Dermatol. 2010;37:264--8. 10. O’ Toole EA, Mak LL, Gu...

Acute hypokalemic paralysis is a rare and potentially fatal condition, with few related causes, one of which highlights distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA). Distal renal tubular acidosis is a rare complication of several autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren's syndrome, and Hashimoto thyroiditis. We report a case of a lupic patient who presented rapidly progressive ...

Introdução: Na tireoide ocorre a produção de hormônios importantes para funcionamento todo o organismo. Dentre as diversas alterações que podem ocorrer, manifestação autoimune chamada tireoidite Hashimoto é mais comum, nos diversos gatilhos identificados na literatura há evidências pessoas com doenças autoimunes são prováveis em indivíduos disbiose intestinal. Objetivo: verificar relação entre ...

background: some evidence has shown benefits of probiotics in the management of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (mhe). we evaluated the efficacy of a multistrain probiotic compound, alone and in combination with lactulose, in the treatment of mhe. materials and methods: h   is study has two parts. first, consecutive adult patients with mhe were randomized to receive lactulose (30–60 ml/day) + pr...

Hashimoto's encephalopathy is an immune-mediated disorder characterized by acute or subacute encephalopathy related to increased anti-thyroid antibodies. Clinical manifestations of Hashimoto's encephalopathy may include stroke-like episodes, altered consciousness, psychosis, myoclonus, abnormal movements, seizures, and cognitive dysfunction. Acute cognitive dysfunction with convulsion as initia...

conclusions with growing cohort of young and middle-aged people, there is a probable risk of upsurge of ard. presently, there are dilemmas over the diagnosis of independent ard. thus, there is a need to develop evidence-based guidelines for diagnosis and management of ard through further systematic studies. results the prolonged and excessive use of alcohol may lead to structural and functional...