goiter
Let an agent explain goitre and its causes in general terms, relay assessment and treatment principles and public health measures such as iodisation from clinical and WHO sources, distinguish kinds, and route personal concerns to clinicians.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain goitre and its causes in general terms, relay assessment and treatment principles and public health measures such as iodisation from clinical and WHO sources, distinguish kinds, and route personal concerns to clinicians.
An enlargement of the thyroid gland, visible or palpable as a swelling at the front of the neck, arising from iodine deficiency, autoimmune thyroid disease, nodules, inherited defects of hormone synthesis or other causes, with thyroid function normal, low or high; goitre was endemic in iodine-poor regions before salt iodisation and is assessed by examination, ultrasound and thyroid function tests.
What it is for: Not applicable; a clinical sign and condition.
It can be explain the condition and its causes; relay assessment and treatment principles; relay public health measures; route personal concerns to clinicians.
Distinguishing features
Thyroid enlargement
Many causes
Function may be normal, low or high
Iodine deficiency as the main global cause
What it looks like
A swelling at the front of the neck that moves on swallowing, from barely visible to large.
Physical character
global prevalence: about 5-15 percent - varies widely by iodine status
How it is recognised
Enlarged thyroid gland
Diffuse or nodular, toxic or nontoxic
Other neck swellings such as lymph nodes are distinguished by examination
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is caused by - the main global cause
is assessed by - and ultrasound
is prevented by - in endemic areas
In practice
Families and kinds
endemic goitre from iodine deficiency
nontoxic and toxic nodular goitre
diffuse goitre in Graves disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis
dyshormonogenic goitre from inherited defects
substernal and lingual goitre by location
rare syndromes with goitre listed as aliases
Identifiers
ICD-10 E01-E04 iodine-related and other goitre
ICD-11 5A01-5A02
Standards and regulation
WHO guidance on iodine deficiency and salt iodisation
Clinical guidelines for thyroid nodules and goitre
Food fortification regulations
Failure modes and hazards
Missed malignancy in nodules
Airway compression in large goitres
Agents giving personal medical advice
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.goiter
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What goitre is.
General information.
Definition
Definition and kinds.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a goitre, and what kinds and causes exist? definition
- Is the user describing their own neck swelling, which needs a clinician? boundary
Function
Thyroid function.
Function
Function.
- How does goitre relate to thyroid function, and what symptoms accompany each state? definition
- Which entry fits the specific thyroid disease? action
Clinical Assessment and treatment.
Clinical.
Assessment
Assessment.
Assessment
Assessment.
- How is goitre assessed, including ultrasound, function tests and nodule evaluation? provenance
- Is the presentation free of personal medical advice? boundary
Treatment
Treatment principles.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatment principles apply, from observation to medication, radioiodine and surgery, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Public health Iodine and prevention.
Public health.
Iodine
Iodine deficiency.
Iodine
Iodine.
- How does iodine deficiency cause goitre, and where is it still endemic, with sources? measurement
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Iodisation
Salt iodisation.
Iodisation
Iodisation.
- What do WHO and national programmes require for salt iodisation, and what has been achieved? provenance
- Which entry fits iodised salt? action
Context History.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How was goitre understood and treated historically, and how was its link to iodine discovered? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of endocrinology? action
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is goitre used to teach thyroid physiology and public health nutrition? provenance
- Which entry fits thyroid? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should endemic and nodular goitre be separate entries?
- How should WHO and guideline sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming rare syndromes; should they be split off?