Do You Know Thyroid Disease Can Cause Infertility?

Thyroid disease and infertility affects each otherAround 2%-5% in women suffers from thyroid
condition. This is because woman having thyroidproblems and women on their reproductive age who
problems can danger her fertility especially if she stillare affected consists of 1%-2%. Pregnant women
wants to get pregnant or if she is pregnant. Thyroidhaving this condition should seek medical health and
disease is the condition where the thyroid gland is notattention right away. Thyroid disease can cause
functioning well. It can either be a hyperthyroidism orreactions with the woman's auto immune system.
hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is a condition thatOne should beware that if they suspect to have this
increase amount of prolactin is produced where in thiscondition tests and medical help should be done right
hormone reacts with the normal menstrual cycle of aaway. This is to prevent the situation to worsen
woman and causes amenorrhea or even permanentespecially if the woman is pregnant.
amenorrhea to patient suffering from severeThese conditions can cause serious effects to both
hypothyroidism. This is a condition where extra caremother and the baby. The patient could suffer from
with medical attention is necessary.different bad effects caused by the condition.
Another condition caused by thyroid disease is whatExcessive and full medical attention should be done
we call the hyperthyroidism. This condition causes theespecially with patients having severed condition to
thyroid gland to produce too much hormones which issave and protect the fetal and the mother's safety.
a condition to be called Grave's disease. This isThis is because on going disorder of the thyroid will
because your body can produce antibodies whichcause premature births, miscarriages and intrauterine
enhance the thyroid cell function or what we call thegrowth retardation can occur when the disorder goes
over- function of the thyroid. These conditionsundiagnosed or untreated.
damage the woman's infertility for they could sufferFertility condition can be greatly affected if the
from amenorrhea, fetal thyrotoxicosis like low birthwoman's condition is not taken cared properly and
weight and head size, fetal distress in labour, andimmediately. So being aware and attentive with this
neonatal heart failure and respiratory distress.condition is needed. Seeking for specialist assistance is
In statistics, it showed that infertility problems due tohighly recommended to solve both Thyroid disease
thyroid disease can become more complicated.and infertility.