Mom2GirlsTX
12-19-2009, 05:33 PM
dd#2 just turned 10. She is adopted and I do not know family medical history. She has a seizure disorder and is off the charts for hyperactivity and focus. She had 2 strokes before 6 months of age. Medications are Trileptal, Focalin (15mg) Zyrtec and Nasonex and 6 mg of Melatonin a night to sleep.
This past Monday she said her throat was hurting her, I took a flashlight and looked. She said it was sore to swallow. It was not red at all, so I thought maybe allergies or she slept with her mouth open. Tuesday she was very tired and around 9:00 pm her neck started to look a tiny bit larger. Wednesday morning the area around the bottom area of neck was about 1 inch bigger than top part of neck. I took her to pediatrician (our regular is on vacation, this was fill in dr), she said goiter, ran bloodwork. Bloodwork came back yesterday, thyroid is in normal range, but they are sending her to an Endocrinologist at Children's hospital. This dr. said she had phone conversation with the Endocrinologist and he wants to see dd. She is having an ultrasound this coming Wed. Dr. said it is thyroiditis and endocrinologist will explore causes, etc.
I am concerned about so many things. Thyroid runs in my family, and I am all to aware of how your thyroid can make you act/react abnormally when it is not adjusted correctly. I am wondering if her non stop, never stopping talking could aggravated by her thyroid. Even her thyroid levels are normal, obviously something is wrong or her thyroid gland would not be swollen.
Has anyone dealt with this? Advice? thanks!
This past Monday she said her throat was hurting her, I took a flashlight and looked. She said it was sore to swallow. It was not red at all, so I thought maybe allergies or she slept with her mouth open. Tuesday she was very tired and around 9:00 pm her neck started to look a tiny bit larger. Wednesday morning the area around the bottom area of neck was about 1 inch bigger than top part of neck. I took her to pediatrician (our regular is on vacation, this was fill in dr), she said goiter, ran bloodwork. Bloodwork came back yesterday, thyroid is in normal range, but they are sending her to an Endocrinologist at Children's hospital. This dr. said she had phone conversation with the Endocrinologist and he wants to see dd. She is having an ultrasound this coming Wed. Dr. said it is thyroiditis and endocrinologist will explore causes, etc.
I am concerned about so many things. Thyroid runs in my family, and I am all to aware of how your thyroid can make you act/react abnormally when it is not adjusted correctly. I am wondering if her non stop, never stopping talking could aggravated by her thyroid. Even her thyroid levels are normal, obviously something is wrong or her thyroid gland would not be swollen.
Has anyone dealt with this? Advice? thanks!