Postpartum thyroiditis refers to thyroid dysfunction occurring in the first 12 months after pregnancy[1] and may involve hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism or the two sequentially. According to the National Institute of Health, postpartum thyroiditis affects about 8% of pregnancies.[2] There are, however, different rates reported globally. This is likely due to the differing amounts of average postpartum follow times around the world, and due to humans' own innate differences. For example, in Bangkok, Thailand the rate is 1.1%, but in Brazil it is 13.3%.[2] The first phase is typically hyperthyroidism. Then, the thyroid either returns to normal or a woman develops hypothyroidism. Of those women who experience hypothyroidism associated with postpartum thyroiditis, one in five will develop permanent hypothyroidism requiring lifelong treatment.
Postpartum thyroiditis is believed to result from the modifications to the immune system necessary in pregnancy, and histologically is a subacute lymphocytic thyroiditis. The process is normally self-limiting, but when conventional antibodies are found there is a high chance of this proceeding to permanent hypothyroidism. Postpartum thyroiditis is a member of the group of thyroiditis conditions known as resolving thyroiditis.
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permanent hypothyroidism. Postpartumthyroiditis is a member of the group of thyroiditis conditions known as resolving thyroiditis. The initial phase of hyperthyroid...
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Subacute thyroiditis refers to a temporal classification of the different forms of thyroiditis based on onset of symptoms. The temporal classification...
arise in this period include postpartumthyroiditis. Long-term health problems (persisting after the delayed postpartum period) are reported by 31% of...
commonly caused by the autoimmune disease Hashimoto's thyroiditis (chronic autoimmune thyroiditis). Hashimoto's may be associated with a goitre. It is...
lymphocytic thyroiditis occurs postpartum: postpartumthyroiditis. Both of these entities can be considered subtypes of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and have...
between postpartumthyroiditis and postpartum depression has been proposed but remains controversial. There may also be a link between postpartum depression...
Muller, AF; Drexhage, HA; Berghout, A (Oct 2001). "Postpartumthyroiditis and autoimmune thyroiditis in women of childbearing age: recent insights and...
Hashimoto's thyroiditis and postpartumthyroiditis. There are other disorders that cause inflammation of the thyroid, and these include subacute thyroiditis, acute...
infectious thyroiditis (AIT) also known as suppurative thyroiditis, microbial inflammatory thyroiditis, pyrogenic thyroiditis and bacterial thyroiditis. The...
thyroid problems in the first year after giving birth. This is called postpartumthyroiditis. It often begins with symptoms of an overactive thyroid, which last...
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incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "PostpartumThyroiditis" (PDF). American Thyroid Association. 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2017...
preeclampsia. Gestational hypertension will normally resolve by 12 weeks postpartum. In this case, the diagnosis of gestational hypertension will be updated...
Inflammation of the thyroid is called thyroiditis. There are several different kinds of thyroiditis including Hashimoto's thyroiditis (Hypothyroidism immune-mediated)...
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(odds ratio 1.9, 95% confidence interval 1.1–3.5) and maternal postpartumthyroiditis (odds ratio 11.5, 95% confidence interval 5.6–24). In 1912 Hakaru...
pathogenesis of such diseases. Two types of thyroid disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and Graves' disease (GD), show similarities to graft vs host disease...
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