evidence: In Hashimoto’s disease, the immune system produces antibodies that attack your thyroid gland, usually resulting in hypothyroidism. But if you’ve had your thyroid surgically removed, does that eliminate or cure Hashimoto’s disease? Can you still have Hashimoto’s thyroiditis after surgically removing your thyroid gland? Ahead, we’ll explore the answers to this intriguing question. [...] Hashimoto’s disease is also known as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis, and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. [...] The primary treatment for Hashimoto’s disease is taking thyroid hormone replacement medication to replace the hormone that the thyroid gland can no longer produce and restore thyroid hormone levels to normal.