librizzic+Hypothyroidism


 * Description: **Hypothyroidism is a genetic disease that affects the thyroids. With this condition, the thyroid gland produces too little thyroid hormones, affecting the chance to the thyroids to grow normally. Hypothyroidism maybe be caused by an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid glands. Also, this disease may affect growth and cognitive development, cause mental retardation, delayed puberty, stunted growth, and ataxia. Hypothyroidism is inherited by two parents who are carriers with no symptoms.


 * Inheritance: **Hypothyroidism is inherited or caused by either an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroids gland, surgery or radiation to treat thyroid cancer and other conditions, or rare and random genetic events in which a mutation is acquired during early development. But in most cases, hypothyroidism is diagnosed when patients show problems in the thyroid glands through blood work (in 95% of cases) and in the other 5% of situations, this disease is diagnosed through abnormality found in the brain or the pituitary gland.


 * Symptoms: **Symptoms of Hypothyroidism include conditions that affect growth and cognitive development. Also, it may cause mental retardation, delayed puberty, stunted growth, and/or ataxia (inability to coordinate muscle movements.)

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 * Diagnosis: **In most cases, Hypothyroidism is diagnosed (to infants) after they are born, where they go through a screening process 24 hours after being delivered. During this procedure a small sample of blood is taken from the baby’s heel. This is tested for low thyroid hormone levels or high thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels. Basically, Hypothyroidism is based almost exclusively upon measuring the amount of thyroid hormone in the blood.


 * Treatment: **Hypothyroidism requires life-long therapy. Before synthetic levothyroxine (t4) was available, desiccated thyroid tablets were used. T4 is prescribed to patients because this is a more stable form of thyroid hormone. T4is only needed to be taken once a day, while T3 must be taken multiple times a day. Also, T3 is the most active hormone in the thyroid gland, but only T4 is prescribed because T4 is a more stable thyroid hormone. Hormone replacement therapy also takes place, where people with hypothyroidism must take a synthetic form of hormone everyday to reduce their symptoms.


 * Research: **Hypothyroidism has been researched for years, but in 1995 in the United Kingdom, a survey was conducted showing that 3% of the population has hypothyroidism. Also, scientists found the mean incidence of spontaneous hypothyroidism in women was 3.5/ 1000 survivors/year rising to 4.1/1000 survivors a year for all causes of this disease, and in mean was 0.6/1000 survivors/year.


 * Additional Facts: **Hypothyroidism can be caused through eating fast food as well. Fast food has given way to serious health problems, one of these being Hypothyroidism. This disease is an ailment where the thyroid doesn’t produce the required thyroxin hormone useful in balancing the body’s metabolic functions. The human body is made up of many crucial elements; all of them perform a key part in allowing life and enabling the function of the human body. Parts of these important components are the different hormones, one which is thyroxin, meaning that when the body lacks these important hormones, the person begins demonstrating certain symptoms of hypothyroidism.


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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">** internet website: Author- **Ari S. Eckman**, Website title-** PubMed Health.com, **Web page or article-** Hypothyroidism
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