Does hyperthyroidism affect fertility? It may cause infertility

Hyperthyroidism is an overactive thyroid gland, a very common disease symptom among women. Many people want to know whether hyperthyroidism affects fertility. The answer is yes. Many female patients with hyperthyroidism have certain effects on fertility, and their hyperthyroidism may worsen during pregnancy.

1. After a woman suffers from hyperthyroidism, it will have a certain impact on her fertility . At the same time, pregnancy will aggravate hyperthyroidism, so she should wait until the hyperthyroidism is cured before getting pregnant, because hyperthyroidism is not good for the development of both the mother and the fetus, and can cause stillbirth or premature birth. If a patient with hyperthyroidism wants to maintain pregnancy, she should actively treat the hyperthyroidism and restore the thyroid function to normal as soon as possible. There are many treatment measures. If actively treated, the impact on the baby will be very small. Based on the current research on hyperthyroidism, it does have a certain family tendency.

2. Early damage of hyperthyroidism to the female reproductive system

Early hyperthyroidism can cause abnormal physiological state of the body's ovaries, such as hyperfunction of ovarian hormone synthesis and secretion, which in turn leads to excessive proliferation of the endometrium. Patients often show abnormal menstrual symptoms, such as heavy menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual period, shortened menstrual cycle, dysmenorrhea, etc.

3. Damage to the female reproductive system in late stage of hyperthyroidism

In the late stage of hyperthyroidism, the body will cause abnormal secretion of thyrotropin-releasing hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone, which will in turn induce ovulatory dysfunction and abnormal secretion of sex hormones, affecting the growth and development of follicles, leading to their atresia and anovulation, and then the onset of infertility symptoms.

In summary, if hyperthyroidism is not controlled in time in the early stages and allowed to develop, once it develops to the late stage of hyperthyroidism, it may lead to female infertility. Therefore, early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment are not only beneficial to the recovery of hyperthyroidism itself, but also reduce the damage to other body systems caused by hyperthyroidism.