![]() ![]() Thyroid storm: This rare but potentially deadly condition can be triggered by a combination of untreated hyperthyroidism and infection, surgery, or trauma.Atrial fibrillation: This abnormal heart rhythm can lead to heart failure or stroke.Osteoporosis: Weak bones make you more prone to fractures.This can cause low birth weight, unusually small heads, fast heartbeat, irritability, poor sleep, and rarely, a dangerous accumulation of fluid (fetal hydrops). ![]() ![]() Neonatal hyperthyroidism: When the person carrying a baby has Graves' disease, their infant may be born with hyperthyroidism or even develop it before birth.Pregnancy problems: Moderate-to-severe hyperthyroidism can lead to preeclampsia, early delivery, small babies, stillbirth, and possibly birth defects.Goiter: As in hypothyroidism, a goiter causes the feeling of a lump in your throat, may be painful, and may impair swallowing or breathing.Symptoms include low body temperature and blood pressure, slow heart rate, and being unresponsive due to poor function of multiple organs. Myxedema coma: This is a rare and potentially fatal consequence of severe hypothyroidism triggered by infection, heart problems, or other physical stressors.Muscle disease: Muscle pain and stiffness, possibly accompanied by muscle weakness, can have a major impact on your functionality and daily life.High cholesterol: Your body is unable to process cholesterol properly, which can cause high levels of LDL and total cholesterol.Symptoms include fatigue, pale skin, fast or irregular heartbeat, feeling faint, and shortness of breath. Anemia: Thyroid hormone deficiency impairs your bone marrow's production of red blood cells, leading to anemia.Peripheral neuropathy: Nerve damage, potentially from fluid retention and swelling, leads to numbness, tingling sensations, weakness, and hypersensitivity to touch or temperature.Additionally, hypothyroidism increases the risk of miscarriage, placental abruption, early delivery, and death of the baby. Pregnancy problems: Irregular menstrual cycles can lead to infertility.In rare cases, goiters can make it difficult to swallow or breathe. Large goiters may be tender and swollen, and neckties and scarves may be uncomfortable to wear. Goiter: An enlarged thyroid gland may feel like a lump in your throat.Each one deposits substances in the thyroid that shouldn’t be there and can impair its function as a result. Rare disorders: These include amyloidosis, sarcoidosis, and hemochromatosis.Pituitary gland damage: If it’s damaged by a tumor, radiation therapy, or surgery, the pituitary gland’s control over the thyroid may be impaired and lead to a deficiency of thyroid hormones.Abnormal iodine levels: Iodine is a crucial component of thyroid hormones, so if your body doesn’t get enough from the foods you eat, it can’t keep thyroid hormones in balance.Certain medications: In people with a genetic predisposition, drugs that may trigger hypothyroidism include Pacerone (amiodarone), Lithobid (lithium), Intron A (interferon α), Proleukin (aldesleukin or interleukin-2), and checkpoint inhibitors like Yervoy (ipilimumab).Thyroiditis: This is inflammation of the thyroid caused by viral infection or atrophic thyroiditis.Congenital problem: Rarely, a baby is born with a partial or missing thyroid gland or other abnormalities that impair thyroid function.Radiation treatment: This treatment for certain cancers, Graves’ disease, and thyroid nodules can damage the thyroid gland and impair its function.Surgical removal: Sometimes all or part of the thyroid gland is removed as a treatment for thyroid cancer, thyroid nodules, or Graves’ disease.They’re the most common causes of a hypoactive thyroid. Autoimmune disease: This includes Hashimoto’s disease and atrophic thyroiditis. ![]()
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