Health Conditions And Implications for Women: Thyroid
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Several health conditions affect most women in society today. These issues have generally impacted the life span of women today in society. Some health issues affect women differently other than from men. More so women need much attention in matters concerning health such as cervical cancer, menopause, breast cancer and more so pregnancy. Heart attacks are more commonly in women than in men(Women’s Health, 2018). Anxiety and depression are seen more frequently also among female patients. Sexually transmitted diseases can cause more harm; also urinary tract conditions are present in more females. Among the health condition issues that affects mostly women is thyroid disorder.
The thyroid gives out the thyroid hormone, which it takes part in controlling activities in the body which determines how fast or heartbeats and how you burn calories. The thyroid disease is caused by either the body makes a lot of it, or it is less in the body. Women tend more likely to have these disease when in menopause or after pregnancy. This can also cause problems in the menstrual period.
Some several signs and symptoms may start to appear in women when affected by these diseases. Feeling cold when other people are not is one of the common ones to come by, weight gain even when you are not eating a lot of food, constipation, muscle pain and weakness, feeling sad or depressed, feeling very tired and pale dry skin(Women’s Health, 2018). These indicators can be a sign that needs check-up very fast. Although it affects middle-aged and older women, anyone can develop the disease, which also includes infants. Symptoms in infants are much more different from all these and may develop as they grow if not treated.
In pregnant women, it has been a common problem. The managing organization this disorder, American Thyroid Association, in 2011 it was published, and advances have been made to improve the research. The aim of these was to publish pieces of evidence that relate the diagnosis and the management of these thyroid diseases during preconception, postpartum and the pregnancy period. Clinical questions were asked to the guidelines and input of the task force(Thyroid. 27). They developed evidence in a clinical form that there is an increase in the number of thyroid-related cases in pregnant women.
Another article, the lancet shows that these disease has increased rapidly in women. It explores the problems encountered during pregnancy and thyroid autoimmunity are associated. The presence of the antibodies that is 18% in a pregnant woman(Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2018) is referred to as thyroid autoimmunity. Thyroid antibodies with the functioning thyroids have been together found with problems which include miscarriages and premature delivery. Treatments to improve this are being studied. The study shows that it has also been associated with maternal and neonatal complications.
There is the treatment of these disease as described though it can be a life long condition for the patient. Medicine is the most common for people as it reduces or alleviates the symptoms. The thyroids are also be blocked from making a new thyroid, but they do not cause lasting damage. Radio-iodine can also be done, which it destroys the damage of each thyroid. Surgery is also recommended as it is removed all of it too. However bad it can affect women; this disease does not choose who to affect.
References
Alexander, E. K., Pearce, E. N., Brent, G. A., Brown, R. S., Chen, H., Dosiou, C., … & Peeters, R. P. (2017). 2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the diagnosis and management of thyroid disease during pregnancy and the postpartum. Thyroid, 27(3), 315-389.
De Leo, S., & Pearce, E. N. (2018). Autoimmune thyroid disease during pregnancy. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 6(7), 575-586.
https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/thyroid-disease