Diagnosed with thyroid while being pregnant.
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Hello, I am 28 years old female. I have been diagnosed with thyroid during my second trimester. I was worried in the beginning but eventually, I found out that many women develop thyroid during pregnancy. Please tell me why women suffer from thyroid during pregnancy?
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@romania Hello, Thyroid disease is a group of disorders that affects the thyroid gland. Thyroid hormones are crucial for the normal development of your baby’s brain and nervous system. During the first trimester—the first 3 months of pregnancy—your baby depends on your supply of thyroid hormone, which comes through the placenta. At around 12 weeks, your baby’s thyroid starts to work on its own, but it doesn’t make enough thyroid hormone until 18 to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Thyroid problems can be hard to diagnose in pregnancy due to higher levels of thyroid hormones and other symptoms that occur in both pregnancy and thyroid disorders. Some symptoms of hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism are easier to spot and may prompt your doctor to test you for these thyroid diseases. To avoid thyroid one should eat dairy foods, seafood, eggs, meat, poultry, and iodized salt. Thanks.