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Thyroid medication in pregnancy
I m taking thyronorm 125 MCG tablet for my thyroid problems ...and I m 7 month pregnant .. suddenly I got heavy hairfall on my 5th month so I stopped thyroid medication for one month ..
Inbetween this one month without thyroid medication will affect my baby ?? Is anything happens to my baby plssss tell me
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Dr. Peerzada Ovais Ahmad
Diabetologist
14 yrs exp
Srinagar
During the first 18 weeks of pregnancy the foetus is dependent on maternal thyroid hormone . If the mother is having hypothyroidism and is on replacement of levothyroxine the Dose of levothyroxine is often increased durning pregnancy . You should have never stopped taking levothyroxine tablets without consulting your doctor.
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You should immediately start taking the the levothyroxine tablets the same dose . Since you stopped it during 5th month There is no need to worry much as by then the Foetus starts making it’s own thyroid hormone .
But this should Not be done next time .
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Dr. Narendra Singh
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
11 yrs exp
Nainital
you should stop thyroid medication without a proper consultation with doctor
Thyroid medication do not have a effect on our hair growth
Yeah hypothyroidism in pregnancy e can cause from abortion to affecting the baby growth.
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feel free to consult with your history and thyroid issues
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Dr. Ankita
General Physician
6 yrs exp
Kolkata
You should not stop thyroid medicine, please do a thyroid profile as early as possible, and start the medicine. Please consult a general physician with the reports.
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