Studies Evaluate Thyroid Treatment During Pregnancy
FRIDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Thyroid problems in pregnant women can cause serious consequences in both mothers and children, says an expert familiar with ongoing research into treatments.
An update on clinical trials was to be presented Friday at the annual meeting of the American Thyroid Association, in Palm Beach, Fla.
"Detection and management of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy is important for many reasons," Dr. Alex Stagnaro-Green, senior associate dean at the Touro University College of Medicine in New Jersey, said in a news release from the association. "For pregnant women with hypothyroidism, there is an increased risk for miscarriage, an increased preterm delivery, an increased risk for decreased IQ and visual motor defects for their offspring."
Stagnaro-Green said that researchers at the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development are conducting a randomized trial of thyroid drug therapy for pregnant women with hypothyroidism (insufficient production of thyroid hormone) or hypothyroxinemia (abnormally low concentrations of the hormone thyroxine in the blood).
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