TSH stands for thyroid stimulating hormone, which is produced by the pituitary gland in your brain. This gland tells your thyroid gland to make and release thyroid hormones into your blood.

Pregnant women with thyroid disease can give birth to children with congenital heart, brain and kidney defects. In particular, pregnant women with hypothyroidism have a higher risk of giving birth to children with birth defects than those with hyperthyroidism. So how is thyroid disease related to birth defects in the fetus?

Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder caused by stimulation of thyroid hormone (TSH) receptors on thyroid follicular cells. Graves' disease is not cancer, but depending on the type of disease, complications of thyroid cancer and breast cancer may appear.

Radioactive iodine treatment is effective in Graves' disease and thyroid cancer. However, this method is not recommended for pregnant women because this chemical can destroy the thyroid gland of the fetus (hypothyroidism), while also slowing intellectual development and increasing the risk of malignancy in newborns.

Complications due to laryngeal mask anesthesia during endoscopic total thyroidectomy in the treatment of Graves' disease can cause some typical complications such as gastric reflux into the airway, laryngotracheobronchospasm, and laryngeal mask folding or slipping.

Basedow's disease (also known as Graves' disease) is an autoimmune hyperthyroidism. If left untreated, the disease will affect the patient's life and physical activities and can lead to complications such as heart failure, exhaustion, severe bulging eyes or, most dangerously, thyroid storm that can lead to death.

Multinodular goiter is common in women and is currently on the rise and becoming younger. Understanding the condition will help you get the right treatment and minimize complications that can seriously affect your health.

Swallowing is a phenomenon that can occur in most people, but is most common in the elderly. Swallowing can be caused by dysfunction of the oesophagus, but it can also be caused by a number of other conditions. If you eat or choke, you need to see a doctor to find out the cause and timely treatment.

Thyroid cancer is one of the most common diseases in the head, face, neck and is ranked 10th in terms of the prevalence of common cancers (after liver, lung, breast, stomach .. .). Currently, the incidence of thyroid cancer is increasing in the world as well as in Vietnam. According to statistics, the incidence of thyroid cancer in the past 5 years has increased by 3-4 times. The data of Globocan 2018, 2020 shows that Vietnam has an average of nearly 6000 new cases each year. In fact, this is a cancer with a pretty good prognosis if the patient is detected early and treated promptly. So to detect the disease as early as possible, what should we do?

Basedow's disease is a diffuse goiter disease commonly encountered clinically with main manifestations such as: diffuse goiter hypothyroidism, exophthalmos and peripheral lesions.

Acute thyrotoxicosis is a dangerous complication in patients with hyperthyroidism. Diagnosis of thyrotoxicosis is based on clinical symptoms and laboratory concentrations. Treatment of thyrotoxicosis is symptomatic treatment with drugs, treatment of the cause with drugs, radiation therapy or surgery.