Estimation of degree of severity of goiter observed in some of the villages of Balaghat ranges of Beed district
Journal Title: MedPulse -International Medical Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 7
Abstract
Introduction: As per Stedman’s medical dictionary the word goiter has been taken from the French word’ goyter’ which in turn is derived from the Latin word “ guttur “ meaning throat. A goiter is the chronic enlargement of thyroid gland, not due to neoplasm, occurring in mountainous regions and sporadically elsewhere. Aims and Objectives: To estimate the degree of severity of goiter observed in some of the villages of Balaghat Ranges of Beed District. Material and Method: The present study was carried out in Malewadi area Balaghat ranges of Beed District. The whole population of the study villages i.e. Malewadi, Malewadi Tanda, Dattawadi and Mandva was surveyed. Help of the appropriate village authorities was taken during the survey. All the houses were numbered serially and visited accordingly to be sure not to miss any house. The inhabitants present were examined clinically in the full day light and in standing position in morning hours only. Clinical examination was done for presence of goitre. The severity of goiter was assessed by the grading by Perez classification. Results: The overall prevalence rate was found to be 16.35%. Among males there were 7.53% of 0 grade goitre, 31.19% of Ia, 54.83% of Ib, and 6.45% cases of grade II are present. There were no cases of grade III and IV in males. Among females there are 7.29% of 0 grade, 30.61% of Ia, 44.02% of Ib, 13.41% of II, 3.50% of grade III and 1.17% of grade IV cases of goitre are seen. Majority of the patients in the age group less than 10 years of age were suffering from grade 0 and grade I of goitre. Whereas sever cases of goitre were observed in elderly population. Conclusion: Thus we conclude that the overall prevalence rate was found to be 16.35% and grade I and II were the common grades observed in the study. The severity of goiter was observed to be increasing with age and common in female.
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N S Inamdar, J B Surwade
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