Cancer attacking the gland located below the laryngeal prominence is apparently more often strike women rather than men. Women at risk of thyroid disorders hit five to eight times larger than the males.
In addition to breast and cervical cancer, there is still a type of cancer that you should be alerted by the woman, a thyroid cancer. Data from the Hospital (RSCM) Cipto mangunkusumo mention Jakarta, every month, more or less contained 288 to 300 patients with thyroid disease.
Of these, only 16% of patients are male, the rest as much as 84 per cent are women.
“Women have a risk of five to eight times larger than the males, especially pregnant women,” said the Chairman of the Division of Endocrine Metabolic Disease In Science is SUPPORTED/-RSCM, who is also one of the doctor and observe the thyroid, dr Imam Subekti SpPD-KEMD.
The reason, women are indeed vulnerable thyroid deficiency, let alone while pregnant. Phases of the life of women, such as the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding, making the iodine they need. Well this is what triggered the emergence of the thyroid. The need was often unknowingly unfulfilled leading thyroid deficiency in women.
In pregnant women, thyroid disorders in General, can be either a deficiency or excess thyroid hormone, but the most common is the lack of thyroid hormone or called hypothyroid. In this case, hypothyroid in pregnant women has a bad impact, both on the development of a fetus or a child and the pregnant women themselves.
Even bad impact will worsen hypothyroid occurs in the first trimester are fetal period because it can only obtain thyroid hormone from his mother. As a result of this, the baby could be hypothyroid born prematurely or mother having hypertension during pregnancy.
Do lab examination to ascertain if a pregnant mother having hipotiorid or not. Thus, doctors can perform appropriate action to deal with disorders of thyroid function in pregnant women.
“As many as 4 out of 100 women will undergo thyroid disorders caused by an autoimmune disease,” he said.
Described by him, the female sex hormones are more prone to thyroid gland dysfunction. So, it is important for women to know farther what a thyroid dysfunction. Because if women know the symptoms, can be directly resolved or avoided.
Diseases that women suffered more than men are generally more experienced at the age of reproduction. One reason for this is also associated with the gene factor. one of the genes related to thyroid hormone variations were closely linked to variations in genes that are present in women, although men also exist. In men, most of which is a cancer of the thyroid.
“Although women are more at risk, the figures are the severity and even happen to a man,” he said.
Although the cause is not known with certainty, but it doesn’t hurt to recognize the symptoms of this disease in order to make prevention. Disorders of thyroid function is one of the distractions that the cause is not singular, is due to genetic, environmental (smokers, or stay in the area of high or low iodine), and the endogenous or from within.
“Goiter and nodules are affecting the well-being and quality of life of patients. Due to the unconscious or in other mistaken as disease symptoms, patients are not diagnosed properly will get inappropriate handling or experiencing discomfort for many years, “said Executive Vice President, Global Research and Development at Merck Serono, Dr. Bernhard Kirschbaum.
Exactly what and how of this gland functions for the body? The thyroid gland is the main governing body metabolism.This gland is in charge of producing, storing, and releasing thyroid hormone into the blood circulation. The main functions of Imam said that the thyroid gland is a gland that collects iodine and convert it into thyroid hormones: thyroxine (T4) and triyodotironin (T3). Thyroid cells are the only cells in the body to absorb iodine.
“Thyroid hormone has an important function in the body including to regulate body temperature,” he asserts in the event of the international day of commemoration of the thyroid which is held by the Division of the III Metabolic Endocrine Pathology Department In Jakarta and is SUPPORTED-RSCM PT Merck Indonesia.
