Incidenceand Relationship between Hypothyroidism and Chronic Renal Failure

Aim: To find out incidence andrelationship betweenthyroid diseases with End Stage Renal Disease Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in Punjab social security hospital Lahore, 45 patients of renal disease is participating along with 15 controls who has disease free stat, patients having diabetes mellitus and hypertension are included in study criteria and patients with acute renal failure and renal stones, cardiovascular diseases were excluded from the study. Results:Three out of 45 patients are diagnosed as hypothyroid and six patients having enlarged goiter and in euthyroid stat. Conclusion: Thyroid diseases and ESRD are common conditions present in population of Pakistan. In presence of higher incidence of these diseases it is imperative to judge the relationship between thyroid disorders and chronic kidney disease. The most observing change in patients with chronic kidney disease(CKD) in comparison with thyroid disorder is low serum T3 level, and clinically hypothyroidism, the risk of disease progression in these patients who had decrease in eGFR level which further worsening the renal function.