Cardiac diseases, especially chronic heart failure which, according to the World Health Organization, affects 1.5-2% of global population, are number one cause mortality and morbidity worldwide, including Ukraine. Chronic is often accompanied by endocrine disorders, hypothyroidism, diagnosis which has increased over past 10 years, facilitates rapid progression due reduced metabolic processes al...

Background & Aims: Since at early pregnancy (<20 week) fetal thyroid gland is undeveloped, normal development of the Fetal brain is highly dependent on maternal thyroid hormones. There are excessive adverse perinatal outcomes associated with overt and subclinical hypothyroidism such as increase of Abortion, preeclampsia, placenta Abruption, LBW, preterm labor, impaired fetal neuropsychological ...

The notion “subclinical hypothyroidism”, its significance in the genesis of metabolismdisorders, debatable approaches to treatment as well role thyroidgland hypofunction pathogenesis menstrual cycle disorders and infertility onthe example own clinical observation is given article.Objective – designate criteria for diagnosis treatmentof subclinical hypothyroidism, confirm manifestedhypothyroidis...

AIM Oral rehabilitation of a child with Johanson-Blizzard syndrome (JBS). BACKGROUND JBS is an extremely rare inherited disorder characterized by unusually small nose that appears 'beak shaped' due to the absence (aplasia) or underdevelopment (hypoplasia) of the nostrils (nasal alae), abnormally small, malformed primary (deciduous) teeth and misshapen or absent secondary (permanent) teeth, he...

introduction: hypothyroidism is diagnosed by elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh) and normal or decreased serum levels of t4 or t3, and is associated with a wide range of m etabolic abnormalities, including anemia. this clinical study aimed to assess the improvement of anemia in patients with primary hypothyroidism following administration of levothyroxine in iranian population. materials...

abstract introduction major ß thalassemia represents a group of recessively inherited hemoglobin disorder, which is characterized by reduced synthesis of globins chains. frequent blood transfusions can lead to iron overload, which may result in several endocrine complication especially in the absence of adequate chelating therapy. the objective of this study were to determine the prevalence of ...

Less than four percent of patients with hypothyroidism develop ascites. Ascites as the presenting feature of hypothyroidism is uncommon, hence diagnosis is often delayed. Once it is diagnosed, treatment of hypothyroidism leads to quick clinical improvement in ascites. We report a case of a female patient who presented with ascites secondary to severe hypothyroidism and discuss the diagnostic ch...

Hypothyroidism is a common and well recognized cause of diffuse hair loss. Zinc and other trace elements such as copper and selenium are required for the synthesis of thyroid hormones, and deficiency of these can result in hypothyroidism. Conversely, thyroid hormones are essential for the absorption of zinc, and hence hypothyroidism can result in acquired zinc deficiency. The hair loss attribut...

Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is a condition of thyroid hormone deficiency present at birth and can result in severe neurodevelopmental impairment, growth failure and permanent mental retardation if treatment is delayed for several months after birth (1-3). Girls are more frequently affected than boys (female to male ratios ranging from 2:1 to 4:1)(4). The mental retardation and neurodevelopme...