Will high thyroid stimulating hormone affect pregnancy?

As we all know, high levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone can cause great harm to human health. Therefore, many women who are preparing to become pregnant are afraid that high levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone will affect their pregnancy. In fact, high levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone will not affect pregnancy, but it will have a serious impact on the intellectual development of the fetus.

1. Effects of high thyroid stimulating hormone on the fetus

The thyroid-stimulating hormone is too high. Due to physical reasons, there is not enough thyroid hormone, which has a great impact on the baby. If you take medicine to treat it, there will be many disadvantages. Taking medicine will have a great impact on the fetus and it will not be able to get pregnant. Even breastfeeding after delivery will be affected.

Women of childbearing age should actively check their thyroid function when preparing for pregnancy or in early pregnancy (preferably 8 weeks before pregnancy). If hypothyroidism is discovered before pregnancy, treatment should be given to bring thyroid function back to standard before conceiving; if hypothyroidism is diagnosed during pregnancy, drug intervention treatment should be started as early as possible, and the timing of initiation should be within the first 8 weeks of pregnancy to achieve standard as early as possible to ensure normal intellectual development of the offspring.

2. Causes of high thyroid stimulating hormone

1. Causes of emotional stimulation

Due to mental stimulation, liver qi stagnation occurs, and liver qi stagnation leads to spleen deficiency, which then causes disorder of transportation and transformation and internal generation of damp phlegm.

2. Improper diet: Improper diet will damage the spleen and stomach, resulting in insufficient Qi in the middle and disordered transportation and transformation. Food and water cannot be transported and transformed, and phlegm and dampness are generated internally. Phlegm and dampness accumulate, hindering the Qi and damaging the spleen Yang. The spleen is the foundation of acquired constitution. If spleen yang is weak, kidney fire will be nourished over time, resulting in deficiency of both spleen and kidney, and symptoms such as loss of appetite, fear of cold and cold limbs, drowsiness, laziness, and general edema will appear.

3. Causes of external evil invasion

It is common for wind, heat and toxic evil to invade from the mouth and nose, and the toxic evil to gather in the front of the neck, resulting in swelling and pain in the throat and front of the neck. If cold things are used excessively, the internal Yang Qi will be injured. Although the heat and toxins in the neck will be eliminated and the pain will disappear, symptoms such as low voice, fear of cold, and even edema may be seen.

4. High thyrotropin is a characteristic of hypothyroidism. After bilateral thyroidectomy, the thyroid gland loses its function and the secretion of thyroid hormone is significantly reduced, resulting in hypothyroidism, which stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete thyroid-stimulating hormone, resulting in an increase in thyroid-stimulating hormone.

It is common in primary hypothyroidism, thyroid-stimulating hormone-secreting pituitary tumors, adenohypophysis, and the recovery period of subacute thyroiditis. The problem of high thyroid-stimulating hormone is a question that many patients and their relatives consult about, and it is also a relatively common problem. Thyroid stimulating hormone promotes the proliferation of thyroid follicular epithelial cells and the synthesis and release of thyroid hormones.