Journal of Diabetes Medication & Care

Diabetic Thyroid Scholarly Journal

 Thyroid disease is common within the general population, and therefore the prevalence increases with age. The assessment of thyroid function by modern assays is both reliable and cheap. Screening for thyroid dysfunction is indicated in certain high-risk groups, like neonates and therefore the elderly. Hypothyroidism is far and away the foremost common thyroid disorder within the adult population and is more common in older women. It is usually autoimmune in origin, presenting as either primary atrophic hypothyroidism or Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Thyroid failure secondary to radioactive iodine therapy or thyroid surgery is additionally common. Rarely, pituitary or hypothalamic disorders may result in secondary hypothyroidism. Approximately 4 million people within the us are hypothyroid and receive thyroxine replacement therapy. By contrast, hyperthyroidism is much less common, with a female-to-male ratio of 9:1. Graves' disease is that the commonest cause and affects primarily young adults. Toxic multi-nodular goiters tend to affect the older age-groups. Diabetic patients have a better prevalence of thyroid disorders compared with the traditional population. Because patients with one organ-specific autoimmune disease are in peril of developing other autoimmune disorders, and thyroid disorders are more common in females, it isn't surprising that up to 30% of female type 1 diabetic patients have thyroid disease. The rate of postpartum thyroiditis in diabetic patients is 3 times that in normal women. A number of reports have also indicated a far better than normal prevalence of thyroid disorders in type 2 diabetic patients, with hypothyroidism being the foremost common disorder.  

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