In The Family, A Professor At The Experience For The Treatment Of Subacute Thyroiditis

Sub-acute thyroiditis is also called granulomatous, giant cell thyroiditis.The disease accounts for about5%of thyroid disease, which is apt to be attackedduring people from30to50years old, and the proportion of men to women is1:3. So far, etiology and pathogenesis of this disease has not been clear fromthe view of western medicine. Most of scholars thought that this disease hasa close relation with viral infections. Single treating methods of westernmedicine cause not only serious adverse reactions, but also repeated attack.My teacher, Professor Yu Shijia, has been a doctor for nearly three decades andaccumulated abundant experience in clinical diagnosis and treatment, especiallyin combining modern medical knowledge with theory of traditional Chinesemedicine organically. He points that sub-acute thyroiditis is usually causedby toxic heat and blood stasis, and pain because of blocking, therefore ProfessorYu Shijia sub-acute thyroiditis prescription all by himself according to maintreatment methods such as clearing heat for removing toxic substance，promotingblood circulation for removing blood stasis, regulating qi-flowing for removingedema with the modern medical treatment as a supplement. All of above effectivelyimproved patients’ symptoms, reduces the recurrence rate of this disease, andthen achieved good clinical effect and got good reputation from patients.