| Thyroid disease and infertility affects each other | | | | Around 2%-5% in women suffers from thyroid |
| condition. This is because woman having thyroid | | | | problems and women on their reproductive age who |
| problems can danger her fertility especially if she still | | | | are affected consists of 1%-2%. Pregnant women |
| wants to get pregnant or if she is pregnant. Thyroid | | | | having this condition should seek medical health and |
| disease is the condition where the thyroid gland is not | | | | attention right away. Thyroid disease can cause |
| functioning well. It can either be a hyperthyroidism or | | | | reactions with the woman's auto immune system. |
| hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism is a condition that | | | | One should beware that if they suspect to have this |
| increase amount of prolactin is produced where in this | | | | condition tests and medical help should be done right |
| hormone reacts with the normal menstrual cycle of a | | | | away. This is to prevent the situation to worsen |
| woman and causes amenorrhea or even permanent | | | | especially if the woman is pregnant. |
| amenorrhea to patient suffering from severe | | | | These conditions can cause serious effects to both |
| hypothyroidism. This is a condition where extra care | | | | mother 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 what | | | | Excessive and full medical attention should be done |
| we call the hyperthyroidism. This condition causes the | | | | especially with patients having severed condition to |
| thyroid gland to produce too much hormones which is | | | | save and protect the fetal and the mother's safety. |
| a condition to be called Grave's disease. This is | | | | This is because on going disorder of the thyroid will |
| because your body can produce antibodies which | | | | cause premature births, miscarriages and intrauterine |
| enhance the thyroid cell function or what we call the | | | | growth retardation can occur when the disorder goes |
| over- function of the thyroid. These conditions | | | | undiagnosed or untreated. |
| damage the woman's infertility for they could suffer | | | | Fertility condition can be greatly affected if the |
| from amenorrhea, fetal thyrotoxicosis like low birth | | | | woman's condition is not taken cared properly and |
| weight and head size, fetal distress in labour, and | | | | immediately. 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 to | | | | highly recommended to solve both Thyroid disease |
| thyroid disease can become more complicated. | | | | and infertility. |