The debate over the benefits of detecting and
treating subclinical hypothyroidism is still raging in the health world.
Treating subclinical hypothyroidism with levothyroxine has no effect on overall mortality rates, according to research presented today at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Wrocław, Poland.
«There is consensus to
treat subclinical hypothyroidism because it is generally believed that the potential benefits of treatment outweigh the potential risks of overtreatment,» said Tim Korevaar, MD, the study's lead investigator and a PhD student at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Not exact matches
Using readily - available registry data, we were able to examine a large population and compare
treated versus untreated
subclinical hypothyroidism patients with respect to all - cause mortality.»
Guidelines clearly state that in order to avoid pregnancy complications and impaired development of offspring, women with
subclinical hypothyroidism need to be
treated with thyroid hormones.
Korzeniowska and Colleagues at the Medical University of Gdansk found that
treating children with
subclinical hypothyroidism with thyroid hormones resulted in a decrease of inflammation.
The most important thing you can do to protect your healthcare dollar is to FIRST find a physician who understands and believes in
subclinical thyroid treatment —
treating people who feel something is off, but their thyroid numbers are in the normal range.
RESULTS: Seven patients in the iodine -
treated group developed
subclinical hypothyroidism and one patient became hypothyroid.
The data reported were based on one patient and, despite 67 years of subsequent studies that failed to establish scientific support for this theory, we are still faced with reluctance to
treat men with testosterone supplementation for fear of giving them prostate cancer or fueling prostate cancer already present at a
subclinical or microscopic level.
Seven patients in the iodine -
treated group developed
subclinical hypothyroidism and one patient became hypothyroid.
As patients, it is essential to understand the reality of
subclinical hypothyroidism and recognize the importance of having it properly
treated.
It is clear that recognition of
subclinical hypothyroidism is an issue, but is there a need to
treat it?
The
subclinical and clinical issues that arise can be mitigated, if not outright
treated, by regaining functional awareness of one's self.
Many dogs can overcome the infection on their own, but others may enter a
subclinical or chronic phase of infection, which can be much more difficult to clear and / or
treat.
Although we excluded reviews of parenting programmes designed to
treat mental illnesses such as conduct disorder [e.g. (Dretzke et al., 2005)-RSB- it was clear that some primary studies in the reviews included families with clinical level problems alongside families with
subclinical behaviour problems and those at demographic high risk.