Hepatitis C (HCV) is now the main cause of chronic hepatic disease, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Several extrahepatic diseases have been associated with chronic HCV infection, and in most cases appear to be directly related to the viral infection. Thyroid disorders are common in patients with chronic HCV. Some patients with chronic hepatitis C experience thyroid problems, and thyroid...

Diabetes and thyroid dysfunction found to exist simultaneously. In this regard, the present study looked into the prevalence of different forms of thyroid dysfunction and their risk factors among Type 2 diabetic Saudi patients. Methodology. A cross-sectional retrospective randomized hospital-based study of 411 Type 2 diabetic Saudi patients of >25 years of age was conducted to test the prevalen...

BACKGROUND The risks of thyroid dysfunction after iodinated contrast media exposure in patients with euthyroid nodular goiter are largely unknown. METHODS This observational, retrospective cohort study included a random selection of one million people in Taiwan. All patients with iodinated contrast media exposure during this study period were selected. Patients with euthyroid nodular goiter w...

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and thyroid dysfunction, the two endocrine anomalies have been linked to each other since several years, however most of the researchers have investigated the association between hypothyroidism and PCOS, an inverse relationship of PCOS leading to thyroid dysfunction is now being probed into. Thus this study aimed at looking into the possibility of development of...

On the basis of low specificity, poor positive predictive value, and cost, there is at present no basis for routine assessment of thyroid function in acutely hospitalized patients, unless clinical features suggest the possibility of thyroid dysfunction, or a patient's background increases the likelihood of thyroid dysfunction. When used in severely ill patients, estimates of both thyroxine (T4)...

OBJECTIVE In this study we investigate the possible relation of thyroid dysfunction and thyroid antibodies to hyperemesis gravidarum. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-seven patients with hyperemesis gravidarum and 33 healthy controls have been included in this study. RESULTS Thyroid dysfunction was significantly more common than in controls (38% vs 6%, p=0.002). Thyroglobulin antibodies were als...

Background: Thyroid disease (TD) is the most common endocrine disorder associated with HCV infection, especially in conjunction with interferon-α (IFN-α)-based therapy. The aim of the work was to evaluate the role of thyroid dysfunction in HCV treated patients with combination therapy of interferon and ribavirin and correlate it with fibrosis stage. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study ...

BackgroundChildhood obesity has become a global epidemic. In the recent studies has reported risk of thyroid dysfunction due to obesity. Therefore, this study intends to compare the relative frequency of thyroid function disorders in obese and overweight children with non-obese children.Materials and MethodsThis case-control study during 2015 to 2016 in Birjand, Iran was done on 137 children an...