NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)
A rare, nonspecific category (mainly acute suppurative thyroiditis); primary care should recognise and refer promptly since these are uncommon but can be serious. - Refer, with advice
Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.
No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
A rare, nonspecific category (mainly acute suppurative thyroiditis); primary care should recognise and refer promptly since these are uncommon but can be serious.
- Acute suppurative thyroiditis with fever, neck swelling, and systemic illness is a surgical/endocrine emergency.
- Rare in Egyptian primary care.
- No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.