Prevalence of Thyroid Disorders in Patients in Tertiary Care in South India: A Prospective Study
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 3
Abstract
Iodine is an important micro-nutrient required for human nutrition. Iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) are one of the major worldwide public health problems of today which causes wide spectrum of disabilities. It includes impairment of reproductive functions, lowering of IQ levels in school age children, goiter, deaf mutism, mental defects, weakness and paralysis of muscles as well as lesser degree of physical dysfunction. Children below 12 years of age who visited the Pediatric Out-Patient Department (OPD) and in-patient department (IPD) of a tertiary care hospital in South India were included if they had clinical suspicion of thyroid dysfunction. Among the 48 patients enrolled in the study, 28 patients were male patients (58.33%) and 20 patients were female patients (41.66%). The most prevalent were patients with hypothyroidism, 47 (97.91%). Hyperthyroidism patients were 1 (2.08%). Age group between 0 to 3 years was found to be more in number with a percentage of 37.5%. Thyroid hormones are unique in view of their important role in fetal and early neonatal brain development and also having actions on growth and development during the first two decades of life. The adverse effects of deprivation of thyroid hormone on the rapidly growing infantile brain have prompted the institution of neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism thus promoting an early intervention.
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Ramesh Polasa, Mahaswi Sirangi
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