Subacute thyroiditis associated with COVID-19 affecting health professionals, a case series in high-risk population

Background: Healthcare professionals are more vulnerable to infectious infections, especially ones that easily transferred, such as COVID-19. Subacute thyroiditis is a self-limiting thyroid gland infection caused by virus. SARS-CoV-2 increases the prevalence of subacute thyroiditis. Objective: This case series addresses emergence cases linked infection, which common in healthcare personnel. Methods: study analyzed nine COVID-19 with neck pain symptoms. The clinical presentation, markers, ultrasound features gland, and its management were described this study. Result: There included, seven out experienced professional workers. All them patients Clinic Endocrinology Metabolism Diabetes - Thyroid Center, Dr. Zainoel Abidin Hospital, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, from January June 2021. Most presented mild moderate pain. had improvement within two weeks months after receiving treatments. Conclusion: painful disease characterized acute inflammation can arise during or viral emphasizes importance physicians awareness could be one many spectra should not missed.