Despite the widespread use of thyroid hormone in older women (aged 65 years), its effect on mortality has not been well studied. To investigate the relationship between thyroid hormone usage, thyroid dysfunction and mortality in older women, Bauer et al. performed a prospective cohort study in ...
Thyroid Hormones as Predictors of Short- and Long-term Mortality in Very Old Hospitalized Patients Although extensively investigated, the prognostic role of thyroid hormone abnormalities in older participants remains uncertain. We investigated the relati... WD Alfieri,F Nistico,T Borgogni,... - 《Jo...
Have a family history of thyroid problems. Have pernicious anemia, type 1 diabetes, primary adrenal insufficiency, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren’s syndrome, or Turner syndrome. Take meds that have iodine. Are 60 or older. Had a previous thyroid condition or cancer (thyroidectomy or radi...
Thyroid Problems Are Often Missed in Older Adults: Too little or too much thyroid hormone causes symptoms that can be mistaken for other health issues Subjects with autoimmune thyroid disease including Graves' disease and Hashimoto's thyroiditis were recruited from the pool of patients who were atten...
Many studies have associated thyroid status with cognition, mood, and behavior. Thyroid dysfunction can lead to psychiatric changes without other symptoms of the disorder to the extent that hypothyroidism can be falsely presented as psychosis in older women [128]. Thyroid dysfunction is also noted in...
Problems with Reproductive Syndrome: Menstrual abnormalities and infertility are related with hypothyroidism in women.Weariness and weakness: While the well-known and typical symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as chilliness, weight gain, paresthesia, and cramping, is generally missing in senior individuals ...
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in whom because of L-thyroxine supplementation, the mean thyrotropin level was only 4·4 mIU/l.13Interestingly, the association between hypothyroidism and sexuality may be age-dependent because in women older than 40 years, subclinical hypothyroidism was not a risk factor for sexual dysfunction.14 ...
found in pregnancy. Hypothyroidism in women is associated with infertility and miscarriage. During pregnancy, complications can occur such as, preeclampsia, abruptio placenta, premature labor, and postpartum hemorrhage. The infant can also be affected with neurodevelopment problems and low birth weight.(...
A Double Whammy For Women As if pregnancy wasn’t enough of a problem, here’s yet another: Women have more thyroid problems than men simply because ofbreast tissue. Did you know a woman’s breasts requirealmost as much iodine as the thyroid?