What are the BIG Risks of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy?

Take Your Life Back and Stop Hypothyroidism Naturally at the Source

Being the proud father of two beautiful and amazing children, I know first-hand what it is like to want the best for your children. I know what it is like as a parent to want to give your children the best possible advantage in life. But few realize that some of the biggest advantages that we can give, or get, in life begin long before birth, with the thyroid health of the mother.

While many of the health risks associated with hypothyroidism during pregnancy are well known, yet rarely discussed, studies are now showing that these same health risks are just as common among women with subclinical hypothyroidism, who present no signs or symptoms and therefore are never properly tested or treated.

It’s a shame that we can spend $125 billion dollars a year treating cancer alone, yet we completely ignore such a simple issue that could potentially help cut future cancer rates significantly.

There is no arguing that our health in general has been declining rapidly for many generations now. Diseases, including cancer and Type 2 diabetes, that were once limited to only the adult population are now becoming more and more common in younger and younger children.

If you understand the fact that “it takes life (a.k.a. energy) to give life (a.k.a. energy)” then you can understand that a new-born child can only be as healthy as the parents that brought the child to life.

If we have any chance at putting an end to this negative health trend then we have to start by giving our children the best possible health advantage that we can, which starts during pregnancy and before.

Effects of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy on Foetal and Future Health

There have been a number of studies showing the increased health risk factors associated with subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy.

With respect to foetal health and development, these studies show that subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy drastically increases risks for:

·         Miscarriage

·         Premature Birth

·         Placental Abruptions

·         Low Birth Weight

·         Neonatal Respiratory Distress

·         Impaired Motor Function

·         Impaired Intellectual Development

·         Lower IQ Scores for Children

Unfortunately, there has been little done to study the long term effects of maternal hypothyroidism on the future health of the child. But knowing that low birth weight is a common risk factor; we can gain a little more insight into the long term effects by simply looking at the future health risks associated with low birth weight.

Granted, subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy is not the only cause of low birth weight, but simply understanding that thyroid function plays a crucial role in growth and development, it should make sense that poor thyroid function is definitely an issue, regardless of the cause.

It should be no surprise that the future health risks of adults who were born low birth weight babies are identical to the common health risks of hypothyroidism:

·         Chronic Infections

·         Asthma

·         Insulin Resistance

·         Diabetes

·         High Blood Pressure

·         Heart Disease

Hopefully this opens your eyes to the fact that the health and thyroid function of your mother had a huge impact on your health today. And it helps to explain how declining health is passed from generation to generation.

Even if you had no signs or symptoms of hypothyroidism during pregnancy, a more recent study demonstrated how millions of women are unknowingly hypothyroid and carry almost all of the same pregnancy risk factors.

Risk Factors of Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy

A recent study looking into the effects of subclinical hypothyroidism in pregnancy revealed some striking results. These subclinical cases showed no signs or symptoms of hypothyroidism even though testing showed otherwise.

I have talked in great detail about how hypothyroidism is grossly undiagnosed and this study more than proves this. Of all the women studied, just over 10 percent were diagnosed with overt hypothyroidism where they showed obvious signs and symptoms. Even this is more than twice what the medical community claims.

What’s more striking is that 40% of the women were hypothyroid with no signs or symptoms.

This is a major problem since doctors only test for hypothyroidism when there are obvious signs and symptoms, meaning that they are unknowingly missing 40% of hypothyroidism that requires proper treatment. I’m starting to feel like a broken record when I say this.

The results of the study itself showed that these subclinical hypothyroid women presented with almost all of the same risk factors as the women who showed obvious signs or symptoms. And the risk factors were just as significant; which include:

·         Miscarriage

·         Still birth

·         Preterm Delivery

·         Low Birth Weight

·         Small Gestational Age Rates

This shows the obvious need for better testing and screening for hypothyroidism, especially early in pregnancy.

Pregnancy Loss and Neonatal Outcomes in Women with

Thyroid Dysfunction in the First Trimester of Pregnancy

http://edrv.endojournals.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/33/03_MeetingAbstracts/SAT-13

Subclinical hypothyroidism (GpB) was associated with significantly increased foetal loss, preterm delivery, increased low birth weight (LBW)rates and increased small for gestation age(SGA)rates…

Overt hypothyroidism (GpC) was also associated significantly increased foetal loss, increased LBW rates, increased SGA rates and increased incidence of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia…

Watch this Video HERE – Subclinical Hypothyroidism in Pregnancy - How Mom's Thyroid Problems Can Hurt Baby

Thyroid Testing during Pregnancy – Too Little, Too Late?

The author of the above study is using this research to push for routine hypothyroidism screening for pregnant women.

Is this a step in the right direction? Of course it is.

But ideally, we should be diagnosing and treating hypothyroidism well before pregnancy. The focus should be on prevention which should start much earlier in life.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

– Ben Franklin

Children today DO deserve the best possible advantages in life which is why proper screening for children is an absolute must. Plus it doesn’t have to cost anyone a penny. It’s well known that blood tests for hypothyroidism are not cutting it today. Simply monitoring temperature and pulse is a free and far more effective screening.

Imagine that, improving health and saving lives while lowering the cost of healthcare.

What a novel idea…

Author Bio:

Tom Brimeyer – The author of Hypothyroidism Revolution – is a practitioner of functional medicine, health researcher and author on nutrition, hormones and hypothyroidism.

His personal mission is to inspire and educate people to take control and achieve true health by correcting their hypothyroidism and underlying causes of their health problems instead of being stuck relying on doctors and drugs that merely cover up their symptoms while their health continues to suffer.

For more details on his program, click on HypothyroidismRevolution.com