Thyroid Disorder

  1. What disease relates to hyperthyroidism?
    Graves' disease
  2. How is the level of T3 (triiodothyronine) and T4 (thyroxine) in hyperthyroidism pt?
    Excess of T3 and T4 in blood
  3. How hyperthyroidism affect skeletal system?
    • Increase bone turnover
    • -> rate of resorption exceeds rate of formation
    • -> osteoporosis
  4. How hyperthyroidism affects cardiovascular system?
    Tachycardia, arythemia, congestive heart failure, angina, myocardial infarction
  5. How heyperthyridism affects central nervous system?
    Anxiety, impared concentration, sleep disturbance, tremors (of hands, fingers, tongue)
  6. How hyperhyroidism affects to the eyes?
    exophthalmos
  7. Three potential problems of hyperthyroidism...
    • 1. Thyroid strom
    • 2. very sensitive to catecholamine
    • 3. risk of hypertension and sever arrhythmias
  8. What happens in thyroid strom?
    • 1. high fever (39-40c)
    • 2. tachycardia, arrythmias
    • 3. tremor, sweating
    • 4. คลื่นไส้ อาเจียน ท้องเดิน
    • 5. stupor, coma, death
  9. Four factors that initiate thyroid strom?
    • Trauma
    • Infection
    • Surgical procedure
    • stress
  10. Dental management for pt with uncontroled hyperthyroidism?
    • treat acute infection (ABO, drainage)
    • avoid surgical procedure
    • avoid epinephrine use
  11. Dental management for pt with well-controled hyperthyroidism?
    • treat acute and chronic infection
    • can implemant normal treatment procedure
    • can use epinephrin (carefully)
  12. What happens with pt with hypothyrooidism?
    What are specific name of the condition in child and adult patient?
    • An insufficient prodution of thyroxine (T4)
    • Child- cretinism
    • Adult- myxedema
  13. Signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism?
    • Decrease in metabolic rate:
    • - cold intolerance, dry skin
    • - fatigue, sleepy
    • - weight gain, edema
    • - slow in mental and phyusical processing
  14. Dental management for DM patient with good medical management?
    Can implement normal treatment procedure
  15. Dental management for DM patient who are untreated or poorly treated?
    • Avoid surgical procedure
    • Avoid CNS depressant (narcotics, barbiturate)

    because they will initiate myxedema coma
  16. What happens when Pts have myxedema coma?
    • ซึม ไม่รู้สึกตัว
    • Hypoventilation
    • Hypothemia
    • Bradycardia
  17. What medication should you use when pt has myxedema coma?
    100-300 mg Hydrocortisone
Author
Sompol
ID
337330
Card Set
Thyroid Disorder
Description
Source: CMU (Aj. Nushada)
Updated