Can a woman with hyperthyroidism get pregnant?

Women with hyperthyroidism are very worried about whether they can get pregnant in the future. For common patients in clinical practice, many women with hyperthyroidism are particularly prone to miscarriage or even stillbirth after pregnancy. The best way is to get pregnant about two years after recovery to avoid harm to the fetus and yourself. The article introduces the impact of hyperthyroidism on pregnant women. Let’s take a look.

Generally, patients with hyperthyroidism can become pregnant two years after being cured. Women with hyperthyroidism often have menstrual abnormalities and anovulation, making it difficult for them to become pregnant. But not all women with hyperthyroidism cannot get pregnant. Once a patient with hyperthyroidism becomes pregnant, miscarriage, stillbirth, or premature birth is very likely to occur. These phenomena are significantly higher than those in normal women. Pregnancy will increase the physiological burden on patients with hyperthyroidism, aggravate their hyperthyroidism symptoms, and worsen the condition of pregnant women.

If a pregnant woman develops hypothyroidism, the impact on the fetus will be greater than hyperthyroidism, and the miscarriage rate and perinatal mortality rate of the fetus will increase. Pregnancy in patients with hyperthyroidism is dangerous and harmful to both mother and baby. From the perspective of eugenics, you should not get pregnant if you have hyperthyroidism. It is not too late to get pregnant after the hyperthyroidism is cured. Of course, if you really want to get pregnant and your symptoms are well controlled, you can consider it under the supervision of a doctor.

Effects of hyperthyroidism on pregnant women

Pregnant women with hyperthyroidism are prone to miscarriage, premature birth and fetal growth retardation; the incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension syndrome increases in hyperthyroidism; women with hyperthyroidism are prone to weak uterine contractions during labor, which increases the rate of dystocia; and the perinatal mortality rate of women with hyperthyroidism increases.

Effects of hyperthyroidism on the fetus and newborn

Congenital hyperthyroidism is caused by the long-acting thyrotropin in the mother entering the fetus through the placenta. Continuous drug treatment will suppress the fetal thyroid function, causing congenital hypothyroidism, affecting the development of the fetal central nervous system, and leading to intellectual retardation of the fetus. Diagnosis and treatment of hyperthyroidism with iodine can cause acute goiter in the fetus, compressing the trachea and causing suffocation, and in severe cases, causing stillbirth. Fetal malformations often occur when the mother suffers from hyperthyroidism. The incidence of low birth weight and premature babies increases in hyperthyroidism, and the mortality rate of neonates and perinatal infants increases. Pregnant women with hyperthyroidism are prone to miscarriage, fetal malformation, and intrauterine fetal death when taking large amounts of antithyroid drugs during pregnancy.