Chronic progressive thyroiditis, or Hashimoto's disease, is a disorder of the thyroid gland where antibodies are produced by the body to work against the thyroid gland.

It's a fairly common autoimmune condition mostly (but not always) affecting women, and it causes the thyroid to become enlarged (goitre).

There have been a number of posts about the condition here on the site, and a search has brought up the following : http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/se...to%27s+disease

I also did a Google search for you and found heaps of information.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&c...imotos+disease

I hope you find something helpful amongst it all.