MONITORING FOR THYROID DISEASE
People with type 1 diabetes are at higher risk for autoimmune thyroid disease— most frequently
the thyroid is underactive (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis), but it can also sometimes be overactive (Graves’ disease).
Your doctor will check you for thyroid disease when you are first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and then every
one to two years. Thyroid abnormalities also increase with age, and your doctor therefore may do thyroid tests
periodically even if you have type 2 diabetes.
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