Basic Summary for Autoimmune thyroid diseases

Main name of condition: Autoimmune thyroid diseases
Other names or spellings: Autoimmune thyroid disorders, Autoimmune thyroid conditions

What is Autoimmune thyroid diseases?
  Brief description of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: Autoimmune diseases of the thyroid gland.
  Parent types of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: Autoimmune diseases, Thyroid disorders
  Organs Affected by Autoimmune thyroid diseases: thyroid gland
  Types of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: Graves Disease, Hashimoto's Thyroiditis

How many people get Autoimmune thyroid diseases?
  Prevalance of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: 4 out of 100 women some type of autoimmune thyroid disease
  Prevalance Rate of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: approx 1 in 50 or 2.00% or 5.4 million people in USA [about data]
  Prevalance of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: Autoimmune thyroid diseases afflict as many as 4 out of 100 women and are frequently found in families where there are other autoimmune diseases.¹

What causes Autoimmune thyroid diseases?
Class of Condition for Autoimmune thyroid diseases: autoimmune
Causes of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: see causes of Autoimmune thyroid diseases

What are the symptoms of Autoimmune thyroid diseases?
Symptoms of Autoimmune thyroid diseases: see symptoms of Autoimmune thyroid diseases

Can anyone else get Autoimmune thyroid diseases?
Contagion of autoimmunity: generally not; see details in contagion of autoimmune diseases.

How is it treated?
Treatments for Autoimmune thyroid diseases: see treatments for Autoimmune thyroid diseases

Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Understanding Autoimmune Disease: NIAID

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