PREVALENCE OF THYROID DYSFUNCTION THYROID ANTIBODY POSITIVITY AND OBSTETRIC IMPLICATIONS

Abstract

Background: Thyroid disorders are common among women of childbearing years. The prevalence of overt    hyperthyroidism complicating pregnancy has been reported to range between 0.4% and 1.7%, and an estimated 2% to 3% of women are hypothyroid during pregnancy. Thyroiddysfunction is often overlooked in pregnant women, however, because of nonspecific symptoms and the hypermetabolic state of pregnancy.

Material and methods: This prospective study was carried out on outpatients and in patients of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Patna medical college and Hospital, Patna. 550 women irrespective of their period of gestation on their first antenatal visit were studied and followed up till the time of delivery.

Conclusion: All the quantitative data such as age, gestational period, TSH, free T4, is expressed in terms of descriptive statistics for both group ofwomen, namely women with thyroid disorders and women without such disorders.

Keywords: TSH, hyperthyroidism, pregnancy.