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Volume 4 Issue 6 (November - December, 2016)

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Assessment of thyroid dysfunction in women with menstrual disorders
Anjali Agraj Gupta, Arpita Goen

Background: Thyroid dysfunction may have profound effects on the female reproductive system and thus women with thyroid dysfunction often have menstrual irregularities, infertility and increased morbidity during pregnancy. The present study was conducted to assess thyroid dysfunction in women with menstrual disorders. Materials & Methods: 65 women with menstrual disorders and equal number of healthy women was enrolled. Direct quantitative determination of T3, T4, and TSH by ELISA using human serum-based calibration was performed. Results: Common complaints were amenorrhea in 17, Hypo/Oligomenorrhea in 12, Metrorrhagia in 20, menorrhagia in 9 and polymenorrhea in 6 patients in study group. Thyroid status found to be euthyroid in 32 and 48 in group I and II, subclinical hypothyroid in 14 and 10, overt hypothyroid in 10 and 5, subclinical hyperthyroid in 6 and 2 and overt hyperthyroid in 3 in group I and II respectively. Conclusion: Most of the patients with menstrual disorder had abnormal thyroid profile as compared to healthy women. Key words: Thyroid dysfunction, menstrual disorders, women.

 
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