This condition is commonly undiagnosed by physicians due to either unfamiliarity with the disease, the subtlety of symptoms, or the attribution of the symptoms to the stresses of having a newborn. Usual screening begins with assessing the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level. A suppressed TSH could represent the hyperthyroid phase, but warrants further testing to investigate for possible Graves' disease. A normal TSH with persistent symptoms could represent the shift between phases and requires repeat testing 4–6 weeks later; an elevated TSH at this time could indicate the hypothyroid phase.
Postpartum thyroiditis
Radiation-induced thyroiditis
Subacute thyroiditis
Autoimmune thyroiditis
Ord's thyroiditis
Subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis
De Quervain's thyroiditis
Riedel's thyroiditis