1, the cause of thyroiditis. Autoimmune virus infection, bacterial infection, fungal infection, chronic sclerosis, radiation injury, granuloma drug trauma and many other reasons are related to the onset of thyroiditis.

Bacterial infections such as staphylococcus, streptococcus and pneumococcus can cause acute thyroiditis.

2. The causes of thyroid nodules are proliferative nodular goiter, neoplastic nodules, cysts and inflammatory nodules.

Second, the symptoms are different.

The clinical manifestations of thyroiditis are Hashimoto thyroiditis, subacute thyroiditis, painless thyroiditis and postpartum thyroiditis.

2. The clinical manifestations of thyroid nodules are nodular goiter and nodular toxic goiter inflammatory nodules.

Third, the diagnosis methods are different.

1. Thyroiditis can be based on medical history, clinical symptoms, goiter and other signs, combined with laboratory serum thyroid hormone levels, thyroid iodine uptake rate. Thyroid autoantibodies and other test results can make a diagnosis.

2. Thyroid nodules can be diagnosed by measuring serum thyrotropin and thyroid hormone, serum calcitonin level, thyroid ultrasound examination and thyroid radionuclide imaging.

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