Thyroid
The thyroid gland is one of the endocrine glands in the body and located at the front of the neck. It is mainly responsible for regulating metabolism. Any imbalance in the secretion of hormones directly affects pregnancy. Abortion can cause increased hormone secretion. During pregnancy, thyroid activity increases. Large to meet the requirements of pregnancy, increases the rate of thyroid hormones due to increased pregnancy hormone.
Increased secretion of thyroid hormones
Thyroid hormones affect pregnancy significantly, and increase its secretion causes many complications, including:
- Premature birth.
- Death of the fetus within the uterus.
- Pregnancy poisoning.
- Myocardial failure
- Early abortion occurs.
Treatment of increased secretion of thyroid hormones
The treatments during pregnancy are limited to maintain the safety of the fetus, leaving the assessment of the possibility of treatment for the doctor, and the treatments are:
- Drug therapy: Some drugs are used to treat hyperthyroidism during pregnancy, but these drugs are not safe, and can reach the fetus through the placenta.
- Radiation therapy: It is the exposure of the thyroid to radiation, but this treatment is not safe during pregnancy due to the possibility of deformation in the fetus.
- Surgical treatment: It is one of the best treatments in the case of non-response of the patient to drugs, and surgery associated with the risk of abortion in the early stages of pregnancy, preferably surgery in the last third of pregnancy.
Symptoms of increased thyroid activity at the fetus
The fetus suffers from increased thyroid hormones, causing the following symptoms:
- Increase the heart rate of the fetus to more than 160 accuracy per minute.
- Thyroid hyperplasia of the fetus.
- Abnormal growth of the fetus and the presence of bone deformity.
- Excessive liver and spleen in the newborn.
Causes of hypothyroidism
There is a lack of thyroid hormones for many reasons, as this affects the ability to reproduce and may cause infertility, the most important of these reasons:
- Pituitary tumors or inflammation.
- Inflammation of the thyroid gland.
- Lack of iodine intake in food.
- Take some medications containing the lithium element.
- The effectiveness of thyroxine due to the presence of immunity in the tissues of the body.
Symptoms of hypothyroidism
- Poor appetite to eat.
- A significant increase in weight due to the accumulation of fluid in the body and increase the proportion of fat.
- Cold intolerance due to lack of metabolic rate.
- Hair loss and change of texture so that it becomes coarse texture and dull color.
- Break nails and change color to white.
- Slow movement, thinking and nervous reaction.
- Inability to reproduce.