Subacute thyroiditis can relapse

Subacute thyroiditis

is caused by viral infection and is a self-limiting disease. Most patients with mild symptoms can heal themselves, thyroid function can fully return to normal, and basically there will be no recurrence. If the patient is not actively treated, long-term inflammatory infection may lead to significantly lower thyroid function, and then permanent hypothyroidism, at this time the condition is serious, even after treatment, there is still the problem of recurrence of the disease, treatment difficulty is relatively high.