Thyroid Problems And Pregnancy Symptoms

We have guidance to help patients understand more about their thyroid disorder and how it may affect or be affected by pregnancy.

Thyroid problems and pregnancy symptoms. This occurs in about 22 of women with ppt. The thyroid is an organ located in the front of your neck that releases hormones that regulate your metabolism the way your body uses energy heart and nervous system weight body temperature and many other processes in the body. An undiagnosed or uncontrolled thyroid disorder can make it harder to conceive and can cause problems during pregnancy. You have a period of hyperthyroidism but not hypothyroidism.

Left untreated hypothyroidism increases the risk of miscarriage premature delivery and preeclampsia a condition that causes a significant rise in a woman s blood pressure during the last three months of pregnancy. You go through a period of temporary thyrotoxicosis a condition characterized by having too much thyroid hormone in your system followed by a period of temporary hypothyroidism going back to normal thyroid function by the end of the first year. Learn more about management and treatment options for your pregnancy plan. This occurs because pregnancy causes major changes in the levels of hormones made in the thyroid gland.

Thyroid disorders are more common in women. Appearance of these symptoms shortly after a viral infection such as the flu mumps or measles call your doctor about thyroid problems if. Isolated thyrotoxicosis. Often the symptoms mimic signs of other issues like depression and menopause.

Signs and symptoms of thyroid problems depend on the type of problem but may include weight gain or loss heat or cold intolerance sweating fatigue difficulty swallowing a visible lump or swelling in the neck irritability puffiness in the face or. You have any of the symptoms listed above. Some symptoms of hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism are easier to spot and may prompt your doctor to test you for these thyroid diseases. Thyroid problems can take a toll on well being and as lisa found out they can be difficult to pinpoint.

Hypothyroidism is one of several thyroid diseases in which the thyroid gland doesn t make enough thyroid hormone so levels of the hormone levels become low. Thyroid problems are caused by either too much or too little thyroid hormones in the blood. Thyroid dysfunction can start during or after pregnancy in women who never had thyroid problems before. Thyroid problems can be hard to diagnose in pregnancy due to higher levels of thyroid hormones and other symptoms that occur in both pregnancy and thyroid disorders.

Some women develop hypothyroidism during or after pregnancy postpartum hypothyroidism often because they produce antibodies to their own thyroid gland.