instruction: hello doctor I am 26 years old I have a problem with hyperthyearoidism during my pregnancy I am in my fourth month of pregnancy with ash 07 to 161 to 34 what are the complications with this is it good for me to take ptu
output: hi hyperthyearoidism in pregnancy is usually treated with propylthiouracil 50 100 my day generally treatment is withdrawn four weeks prior to delivery after which normal doses may be resumed your hormone levels are still very high you need to increase your dose pregnancies complicated by uncontrolled hyperthyearoidism may result in higher incidences of spontaneous abortion miscarriage preterm labor low birth weight babies or stillbirths complications of pregnancy including pre eclampsia a condition associated with hypertension low blood platelet count protein in the urine and mental changes may also occur so please increase your dosage another thing I want to highlight is that you should do ash thyearoid stimulating hormone receptor antibodies and to see what is the cause of your hyperthyearoidism is it graves disease these antibodies can enter from the mother blood to the baby blood and stimulate the baby thyearoid gland these antibodies should be measured in the mother during her second trimester of pregnancy because the values that are greater than five times normal have been associated with hyperthyearoidism in the baby at birth