Study of Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy

Thyroid hormones of the fetus exclusively comes from mothers in early pregnancy, indicating that maternal hypothyroidism has a close-knit relationship with fetal growth and neuropsychological development. Hypothyroidism is one of the most common endocrinopathies during pregnancy. Thyroid dysfunction is a common disorder in pregnancy which affects both maternal and fetal outcomes. There are very less and limited data on prevalence of hypothyroidism during pregnancy from India because no such big study done till now. A total 60 cases were included in the study. The age ranged from 18 to 45 years . Serum TSH value was tested in 1st trimester between 6-10 weeks period of gestation for all pregnant women. The estimation of free T4 levels was done to reclassify those with thyroid dysfunction as subclinical or overt hypothyroidism. Subclinical Hypothyroidism were 16.66 %, Overt Hypothyroidism were 11.66 % Pregnant women.