Student: How do you define thyroiditis?
如何给甲状腺炎下定义呢？
Prodessor: Thyroiditis is an inflammation(not an infection) of the thyroid gland.
甲状腺炎是甲状腺非感染性的炎症。
S：What are the main types of thyroiditis?
甲状腺炎的主要类型有哪些呢？
P：They are acute, subacute, or chronic thyroiditis.
有急性，亚急性或慢性甲状腺炎。
S：Which type is more common?
哪种类型更常见呢？
P：Chronic thyroiditis is by far most common form.
慢性甲状腺炎是最常见的形式。
S: How do patients feel when they suffer from chronic thyroiditis?
慢性甲状腺炎患者有什么感觉呢？
P：It hm begins so slowly that most people don't know anything is wrong.
它起病很慢至于大多数人没有什么自觉症状。
S：How about subacute thyroiditis?
亚急性甲状腺炎情况如何呢？
P：Subacute thyroiditis is the second most common form with far fewer cases than in chronic thyroiditis.
亚急性甲状腺炎是第二常见的，比慢性甲状腺炎少见很多
S：What caused subacute thyroiditis?
亚急性甲状腺炎的病因是什么呢？
P：Often caused by a infection, the disease lasts for several months.
常见为病毒性感染引起，可持续几个月之久。
S：Does the patient feel painful?
患者会感到疼痛吗？
P：Sometimes yes, sometimes no. There are two types of subacute thyroiditis: painful subacute thyroiditis and painless subacute thyroiditis.
有时疼有时不疼，亚急性甲状腺炎有两种：疼痛型和无痛型甲状腺炎
S：It seems to me acute thyroiditis has a low incidence. Is that right?
急性甲状腺炎似乎发病率交底啊，对吗？
P：Yes. Because acute thyroiditis is caused by an acute infection.
对，因为急性甲状腺炎系由急性感染引起。
S：What are the symptoms of thyroiditis?
甲状腺炎有哪些症状呢？
P：Thyroiditis can cause either hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism, or one followed by the other.
甲状腺炎或者引起甲亢症状或者甲减症状，或者先引起一种症状再转为另一种症状。
S：How is thyroiditis treated?
甲状腺炎怎么治疗呢？
P：If thyroiditis makes you temporarily hyperthyoid, your doctor may ask you to take a beta-blocking drug.
如果甲状腺炎引起甲状腺功能亢进，医生会要求你服用β受体阻滞药
S：Does this drug work?
有效果吗？
P：Yes. This medicine helps control symptoms such as rapid heart rate and tremors.
有效，这药可以帮助控制症状，如心率加快和颤抖。
S：How. to treat hypothyroidism?
如何治疗甲状腺功能减退呢？
P：Thyroid hormone tablets are the standard treatment for permanent hypothyroidism. But the patient should take the medicine only as his doctors prescribed.
甲状腺素片是治疗甲状腺功能减退的标准治疗，病人应该按照医嘱吃药。
