Talk:Goitre

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Contents 1 Merge with endemic goitre 2 The same picture appears on this page and scrofula 3 Famous goitre sufferers 4 The spelling "goiter" is preferred, by 2 to 1, over "goitre"

[edit] Merge with endemic goitre

It seems that the information there could be easily incuded into this article.

Agreed. Have transferred anything new in that stub to here, and put in the redirect. Done Steve 19:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The same picture appears on this page and scrofula

It's the picture of "woman with the disease". The descriptions of the two diseases are very different -- scrofula is attributed to infection while goiter is attributed to iodine deficiency. Both seem to be related to the Latin word _struma_. Is it more appropriate for that picture to appear on the goiter page or at scrofula. I think having it on both is confusing. Tbarron 23:27, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I have had patients with both diseases. This is a picture of a goitre (goiter). Scrofula involes enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, often draining.Pustelnik 01:31, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

..removed Waylon Smithers from Famous people. come on. fictional simpsons character?

[edit] Famous goitre sufferers

I was bold and deleted Frank Sinatra and David Hasselhoff because they sounded fishy to me (even though they've been listed for nearly a year). All of the articles for famous sufferers discuss goiters except these two, and a quick internet search found no link other than this article. My apologies if I was overzealous. Hoof Hearted 15:45, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The spelling "goiter" is preferred, by 2 to 1, over "goitre"

Google hits:

Goiter = 1,170,000 "goitre" = 560,000

Among scientists, the preference seems slightly greater:

Google hits:

"Goiter + placebo" = 63,200

"Goitre + placebo" = 27,300 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.68.85 (talk • contribs) 01:03, 23 August 2007

Irrelevant what the hits are, Google will merely reflect Amercian usage over other English speaking areas. The spelling is dependant on which version of English: "Goitre" is used in British English, and "Goiter" is American English. Convention in wikipedia is to leave spelling in whichever version the article first uses - see Wikipedia:Naming conventions (use English). David Ruben ^Talk 00:49, 23 August 2007 (UTC)