Background: Significant incidence of thyroid dysfunction, especially hypothyroidism, has been reported in Kashmir Valley of India. There is a paucity of studies that assessed the presence of thyroid dysfunction in various age groups of people in Srinagar. Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in the local population who visit the outpatient department...

BACKGROUND Ghana began mandatory iodization of salt in 1996. This study compares the prevalence of thyroid disorders before and after the introduction of iodization. METHODS This is a retrospective study of thyroid cases from the middle belt of Ghana between 1982 and 2014. To demonstrate a link between iodization and hyperthyroidism and autoimmunity, we compared the prevalence of hyperthyroid...

The association of thyroid disorders and thyroid-related treatments with psychiatric disorders is well known. What is not recognized yet is if antithyroid antibodies may cause psychosis in the absence of encephalopathy and thyroid dysfunction. I report here the cases of 4 patients who developed de-novo psychosis where I found they had high titers of antithyroid antibodies, both antithyroglobuli...

INTRODUCTION Thyroid disorders have a significant impact on patients' quality of life. ThyPRO is a thyroid-specific quality of life (QoL) questionnaire applicable to patients with benign thyroid disorders. There is substantial evidence for its clinical validity and reliability in patients with benign thyroid disorders. Our aim was to develop a validated Polish version of this questionnaire (Thy...

OBJECTIVES The interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) therapy for HCV hepatitis may exacerbate or induce underlying thyroid disorders. Besides viral factors, the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) may be an independent risk factor. METHODS We evaluated fifteen patients with HCV chronic hepatitis during a period of 40 months. At the enrollment, all the patients were negative for thyroid disorders, excluding ...

This paper is part III of the series on thyroid disorders. Thyroid tumors are the most common endocrine neoplasms. Most of these tumors are benign hyperplastic or colloid nodules or benign follicular adenomas. However, 5% to 10% of the lesions that come to medical attention are carcinomas. A major clinical challenge is establishing which nodules are hyperplastic, benign, or malignant. History, ...

The thyroid gland regulates metabolism, therefore thyroid dysfunction has an impact throughout the body In iodine-replete areas, autoimmune disease is the commonest cause of thyroid disorders Thyroid function tests (especially TSH) accurately reflect thyroid function in the majority of cases Subclinical thyroid dysfunction should be monitored regularly; if persistent, patients may require activ...

OBJECTIVES : Th e interferon-α (IFN-α) therapy for HCV hepatitis may exacerbate or induce underlying thyroid disorders. Besides viral factors, the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) may be an independent risk factor. METHODS : We evaluated fi ft een patients with HCV chronic hepatitis during a period of 40 months. At the enrolment, all the patients were negative for thyroid disorders, excluding one ...

Thyroid disorder is a general term representing several different diseases involving thyroid hormones and the thyroid gland. Thyroid disorders are commonly separated into two major categories, hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism, depending on whether serum thyroid hormone levels (T4 and T3) are increased or decreased, respectively. Thyroid disease generally may be sub-classified based on etiolog...

In this review, the authors discuss current evidence related to adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with thyroid autoantibodies who are euthyroid, describing management strategies and screening approaches for disorders during pregnancy.