AIM To determine the current prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in normal pregnant women and to study the impact of thyroid dysfunction on maternal and fetal outcome. METHODS 400 pregnant women between 13 and 26 weeks of gestation were registered for the study. Apart from routine obstetrical investigations, TSH tests were done. Free T4 and anti-TPO antibody tests were done in patients with der...

Background: Tension-type headache is frequently reported by the patients.
 Objective: The purpose of present study was to see status thyroid hormones among chronic tension type Methodology: This conducted in Department Neurology at Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. subjects consisted patients presented with primary disorders.
 Result: Among 21.0% had sub-type TTH. Out 42 tensi...

Endocochlear, retrocochlear and/or central origin hearing damage may be related to the absence of appropriate levels of thyroid hormone during morphogenesis and/or auditory system development. Hearing disorders related to the thyroid are not well studied, despite speculation on the pathophysiological mechanisms. The objective of this review was to characterize the main pathophysiological mechan...

Thyroid disorders are the most common endocrine disorders. In the present study 51 hypothyroid cases and 50 Euthyroid controls were analysed for Thyroid Profile, Lipid Profile, Body Mass Index (BMI) waist circumference, Hip circumference and waist hip ratio. Out of 51 Hypothyroid subjects studied, 5 are having subclinical Hypothyroidism, 20 are having mild Hypothyroidism, 14 Subjects are having...

Excessive prolactin release and/or receptor action may be implicated in the pathogenesis of many autoimmune disorders. We report here a case of a woman who developed Graves' disease and subclinical autoimmune adrenal failure, and was diagnosed as having autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 2. Because of coexisting microprolactinoma she was treated with bromocriptine for 24 months. This treatm...

OBJECTIVE The treatment of subclinical hyperthyroidism is controversial because the natural history is uncertain. We undertook a retrospective study to examine the natural history of endogenous subclinical hyperthyroidism. METHODS Between 2002 and 2006, we identified 116 patients with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations <0.4 microIU/mL but normal free thyroxin and triiodothyronin...

Hospital Physician October 2006 43 T he clinical spectrum of thyroid disease varies from asymptomatic subclinical disease detected by laboratory screening to overt thyroid storm and myxedema coma. However, laboratory detection of subclinical or early thyroid disease usually occurs before these overt manifestations of disease develop. The clinician must maintain a high degree of suspicion for th...

BACKGROUND The relationship between alterations in thyroid function and cognitive deficits has been investigated in several previous studies. Hypo-or hyperthyroidism and, to a lesser extent, subclinical thyroid dysfunction can negatively affect cognitive performance. However, limited data are available on the potential association of thyroid function with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alz...

PURPOSE We investigated the prevalence of hypothyroidism (HT) in patients with breast cancer who received radiation therapy to the supraclavicular (SC) field to evaluate the effect of radiation on thyroid. METHODS Between April 2007 and May 2016, consecutive patients with invasive breast cancer who received SC radiation were recruited. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (fT4...