GUIDE TO STERKFONTEIN DAM BACKGROUND This massive body of water is some 20km south west of Harrismith on the road to KwaZulu-Natal via Oliviershoek Pass.The land surrounding the dam is a nature reserve administered by the Free State Province, all amid magnificent mountain scenery.UIDE TO STERKFONTEIN DAM BACKGROUND This massive body of water is some 20km south west of Harrismith on the road to KwaZulu-Natal via Oliviershoek Pass.
1 Hashimoto's thyroiditis is caused by an autoimmune process that causes inflammation of the thyroid gland. 2  Symptoms of Hashimoto's thyroiditis are those of hypothyroidism and include. 3  feeling cold,  depression,
Hashimoto's disease. Goiter can also result from an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism). Like Graves' disease, Hashimoto's disease is an autoimmune disorder. But instead of causing your thyroid to produce too much hormone, Hashimoto's damages your thyroid so that it produces too little. Graves' disease. 2  Goiter can sometimes occur when your thyroid gland produces too much thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism). 3  In Graves' disease, antibodies produced by your immune system mistakenly attack your thyroid gland, causing it to produce excess thyroxine.