Hypothyroidism refers to hypothyroidism, which is a metabolic disease and usually occurs in middle-aged and elderly people. However, many young women, due to lack of regular exercise or excessive psychological pressure and irregular living habits, can also cause hypothyroidism. After getting hypothyroidism, many people tend to use drugs for treatment, because it is more convenient and does not affect their work and study. But they don't know how long hypothyroidism will take to return to normal.
First of all, hypothyroidism is a metabolic disease. Once it is hypothyroidism, there is no way to completely cure it according to the current clinical medical technology. Therefore, taking medicine can only prevent the thyroid function from continuing to decline, that is to say, it can avoid the continuous deterioration of the condition, but it can't fundamentally cure hypothyroidism. Therefore, patients with hypothyroidism should not blindly listen to the so-called specific drugs, let alone believe that this statement can be cured.
Secondly, how long does hypothyroidism take to get back to normal? This first depends on the specific degree of hypothyroidism. If the illness is mild, you usually only need to take medicine for about a week. After the thyroid function is stable, people are equal to returning to normal. However, if the condition of hypothyroidism is very serious, and even complications such as exophthalmos, poor appetite and renal failure have appeared, then you should take the medicine for a long time like this.
Finally, there are many ways to treat hypothyroidism, and drugs are just one of all the ways to treat hypothyroidism. Patients with severe hypothyroidism can be treated with thyroxine, which belongs to infusion therapy, so the curative effect is definitely better than taking hypothyroidism drugs. There is also radioiodine therapy, which belongs to radiotherapy, but the effect of treating hypothyroidism is also very ideal.