Online Continuing Education:The Case Study of a Complicated Diabetic Patient With Multiple Endocrine Disorders: What We Can Learn From the Treatments and How the Patient Copes
Hypothyroidism
The patient developed hypothyroidism approximately 13 years ago. This is another autoimmune condition which has been called Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
She takes a daily tablet of Synthroid
to treat the condition.
The combination of Addisons, diabetes and hypothyroidism is termed polyglandular autoimmune syndrome type II or often referred to as Schmidt’s syndrome.
