Thyroid disease can take the form of too little thyroid hormone (which causes an underactive thyroid) or too much thyroid hormone (which causes an overactive thyroid).
Autoimmune
thyroid disease status and information concerning the ingestion of any thyroid-related medications (e.g., thyroxine and antithyroid medications) were recorded for all patients.
Mild TSH elevation tends to be diagnosed as subclinical hypothyroidism, whereas all participants in this study did not have
thyroid diseases. In obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the prevalence of elevated TSH and normal T4 was significantly higher than that in non-OSA.[2] OSA patients had short sleep duration and worse sleep quality, and the mean apnea duration was positively correlated with the TSH concentration.
Many studies have shown that there is a significant association between gender and
thyroid diseases. In our study also, it was proved that females are more prone to
thyroid diseases when compared to males.
Participants without a history of
thyroid disease at the time of blood draw and who reported no current thyroid medication use were tested for thyroid hormones.
Subclinical
thyroid disease: Scientific review and guidelines for diagnosis and management.
Meta-Analysis of the Association between Vitamin D and Autoimmune
Thyroid Disease. Nutrients.
Table 2: RLN palsy in different
thyroid diseases in patients having thyroidectomy (n=104)
"We've also seen that
thyroid disease can coexist commonly in diabetic patients," Dr.
In group of patients 38 (55.1%) had thyroid dysfunctions including both subclinical and true
thyroid disease while 31(44.9%) presented with normal levels of thyroid hormones.
In both these cases, either patients had a negative family history of autoimmune
thyroid disease or no family history was recorded.