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Postpartum thyroiditis risk factors
Introduction
Overview
Overview
The most potent risk factors in the development of postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) are genetic abnormalities and subsequent pregnancies. Other risk factors for postpartum thyroiditis include smoking, increase or decreased intake of iodine, hepatitis C, radiations and medications.
Risk Factors
Risk Factors
Various factors associated with the development of PPT can be categorized into common and less common risk factors.[1]
Common Risk Factors
- Subsequent pregnancies are also a common risk factor for the development of postpartum thyroiditis.
Less Common Risk Factors
- Less common risk factors in the development of postpartum thyroiditis (PPT) include:
- Smoking
- Intake of Iodine
- Radiation
- Medications:
- Lithium
- Amiodarone
- Interferon alpha
- Interleukin 2
- Highly active anti-retro-viral therapy
- Systemic lupus erythromatosis
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Thyroid hormone resistance syndrome
References
References
- ↑ Argatska AB, Nonchev BI (2014). “Postpartum thyroiditis”. Folia Med (Plovdiv). 56 (3): 145–51. PMID 25507668.
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