Professor Yu Shijia Integrative Medicine Treatment Of Subacute Thyroiditis Experience Summary

Subacute thyroiditis,or"SAT"for short,is a common clinical thyroid disease.With the fast-paced speed of life in the modern society,endocrine system diseases are increasingly encountered.SAT is no exception.The pathogenesis shows a tendency towards going up.According to the most opinions of the modern medicine,SAT is a non-suppurative inflammation becausing of viruses infection or allergic response of thyroid infected with viruses.Professor Yu Shi-jia,is engaged in treating subacute thyroiditis with integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine 25 years.In his opinion,physicians of endocrinology should be open mind in the diagnosis of the disease,avoiding misdiagnosis and mistreatment,and adopting the combination of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine in the treatment.According to the etiology,the pathogenesis and the syndromes,the disease was dialectically classified into 2 types:wind-heat-evil,stagnation of toxic factors type and spleen-kidney yang deficiency,stagnation of phlegm-stasis type.In clinical practice,the former more often occurred in the early stage,and the latter more often occurred in the remission stage and on relapse patients.In the treatment of SAT,immediately and effectively treating with integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medlcin could quickly ease the suffering of patients and reduce side effects of drugs,and lower rates of disease recurrence.