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Forty percent of patients taking thyroid hormone replacement may not have appropriate values of [[thyroid stimulating hormone]] (TSH).<ref name="pmid10695693">{{cite journal| author=Canaris GJ, Manowitz NR, Mayor G, Ridgway EC| title=The Colorado thyroid disease prevalence study. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2000 | volume= 160 | issue= 4 | pages= 526-34 | pmid=10695693 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/160/4/526 }} </ref>
About thirty<ref name="pmid2394778">{{cite journal| author=Ross DS, Daniels GH, Gouveia D| title=The use and limitations of a chemiluminescent thyrotropin assay as a single thyroid function test in an out-patient endocrine clinic. | journal=J Clin Endocrinol Metab | year= 1990 | volume= 71 | issue= 3 | pages= 764-9 | pmid=2394778 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref> to forty<ref name="pmid10695693">{{cite journal| author=Canaris GJ, Manowitz NR, Mayor G, Ridgway EC| title=The Colorado thyroid disease prevalence study. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2000 | volume= 160 | issue= 4 | pages= 526-34 | pmid=10695693 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/160/4/526 }} </ref><ref name="pmid21109503">{{cite journal| author=Okosieme OE, Belludi G, Spittle K, Kadiyala R, Richards J| title=Adequacy of thyroid hormone replacement in a general population. | journal=QJM | year= 2011 | volume= 104 | issue= 5 | pages= 395-401 | pmid=21109503 | doi=10.1093/qjmed/hcq222 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21109503  }} </ref> percent of patients taking thyroid hormone replacement may not have appropriate values of [[thyroid stimulating hormone]] (TSH).


Taking replacement hormone at night may be better.<ref name="pmid21149757">{{cite journal| author=Bolk N, Visser TJ, Nijman J, Jongste IJ, Tijssen JG, Berghout A| title=Effects of evening vs morning levothyroxine intake: a randomized double-blind crossover trial. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2010 | volume= 170 | issue= 22 | pages= 1996-2003 | pmid=21149757 | doi=10.1001/archinternmed.2010.436 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21149757  }} </ref>
Taking replacement hormone at night may be better.<ref name="pmid21149757">{{cite journal| author=Bolk N, Visser TJ, Nijman J, Jongste IJ, Tijssen JG, Berghout A| title=Effects of evening vs morning levothyroxine intake: a randomized double-blind crossover trial. | journal=Arch Intern Med | year= 2010 | volume= 170 | issue= 22 | pages= 1996-2003 | pmid=21149757 | doi=10.1001/archinternmed.2010.436 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21149757  }} </ref>

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In medicine, hypothyroidism is "a syndrome that results from abnormally low secretion of thyroid hormones from the thyroid gland, leading to a decrease in basal metabolic rate. In its most severe form, there is accumulation of mucopolysaccharides in the skin and edema, known as myxedema."[1]

Thyroid stimulating hormone levels of less than 10 may not be important.[2]

Diagnosis

Symptoms

Symptoms may not be accurate.[3][4] The symptoms that may be distinguish between hypothyroid and normal patients are hoarse voice, dry skin, and muscle cramps.[4]

Treatment

About thirty[5] to forty[3][6] percent of patients taking thyroid hormone replacement may not have appropriate values of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH).

Taking replacement hormone at night may be better.[7]

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Hypothyroidism (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Rodondi N, den Elzen WP, Bauer DC, Cappola AR, Razvi S, Walsh JP et al. (2010). "Subclinical hypothyroidism and the risk of coronary heart disease and mortality.". JAMA 304 (12): 1365-74. DOI:10.1001/jama.2010.1361. PMID 20858880. Research Blogging.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Canaris GJ, Manowitz NR, Mayor G, Ridgway EC (2000). "The Colorado thyroid disease prevalence study.". Arch Intern Med 160 (4): 526-34. PMID 10695693[e]
  4. 4.0 4.1 Canaris GJ, Steiner JF, Ridgway EC (1997). "Do traditional symptoms of hypothyroidism correlate with biochemical disease?". J Gen Intern Med 12 (9): 544-50. DOI:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07109.x. PMID 9294788. PMC PMC1497160. Research Blogging.
  5. Ross DS, Daniels GH, Gouveia D (1990). "The use and limitations of a chemiluminescent thyrotropin assay as a single thyroid function test in an out-patient endocrine clinic.". J Clin Endocrinol Metab 71 (3): 764-9. PMID 2394778[e]
  6. Okosieme OE, Belludi G, Spittle K, Kadiyala R, Richards J (2011). "Adequacy of thyroid hormone replacement in a general population.". QJM 104 (5): 395-401. DOI:10.1093/qjmed/hcq222. PMID 21109503. Research Blogging.
  7. Bolk N, Visser TJ, Nijman J, Jongste IJ, Tijssen JG, Berghout A (2010). "Effects of evening vs morning levothyroxine intake: a randomized double-blind crossover trial.". Arch Intern Med 170 (22): 1996-2003. DOI:10.1001/archinternmed.2010.436. PMID 21149757. Research Blogging.