Open AccessTransient Post‐Partum Hypothyroidism
Author(s) -
Kaplinsky Naomi,
Pines Amos,
Olchovsky David,
Frankl Otto
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348309155768
Subject(s) - medicine , post partum , pregnancy , thyroiditis , pediatrics , thyroid , presentation (obstetrics) , depression (economics) , postpartum period , obstetrics , genetics , macroeconomics , economics , biology
. Transient hypothyroidism was observed in two young women a few months following childbirth. It is suggested that throughout their pregnancy they had already suffered from auto‐immune thyroiditis, the symptoms of which were suppressed at that time, as found in many other auto‐immune diseases. Being transient, post‐partum hypothyroidism is an exception to the rule that treatment by thyroid hormone replacement should never be stopped in hypothyroidism. Post‐partum hypothyroidism has to be considered in every suspected case of post‐partum depression, because of the possible similarity in the clinical presentation.