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Albert Liu Chu, MD

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Specialty: Internal Medicine Subspecialty: Endocrinology Background: Doctor of Medicine: Cebu Doctors’ University Postgraduate Internship: Chong Hua Hospital Residency in Internal Medicine: Chong Hua Hospital Fellowship training in Diabetes, Goiter, General Endocrinology: University of Sto. Tomas Hospital Research Fellowship: National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA Clinic Address & Schedule: Chong Hua Hospital Room 506 Chong Hua Medical Arts Center J. Llorrente St., Cebu City 6000 Philippines Phone: (032) 255 1116 Schedule: Mon: 8:00AM – 11:00AM Tue: 8:00AM – 11:00AM Wed: 8:00AM – 11:00AM Thu: 8:00AM – 11:00AM Fri: 8:00AM – 11:00AM Sat: 8:00AM – 11:00AM Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital Room » » » [Read more]

Autoimmune Thyroid Disease

Autoimmune thyroid disease entails some sort of dysfunction from the body’s defense mechanism, in which the body does not distinguish its own organs and tissues, and rejects them, triggering inflammation and sometimes destruction. It can manifest either as hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) or hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid). The main types of autoimmune thyroid disease are focal thyroiditis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, atrophic thyroiditis, silent thyroiditis, postpartum thyroiditis and Graves’ disease. Focal thyroiditis may not present with a goiter and blood examination will show normal or sub-clinical hypothyroidism. Sub-clinical hypothyroidism means that the thyroid stimulating hormone level is high which reflects an underactive thyroid but » » » [Read more]