Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 In a message dated 5/5/2003 3:19:19 AM Central Standard Time, graves_support writes: > > Subject: Re: Re: criminal activities to vroche0522 > Hi Simon- I had asked a doctor about mother's being hyperT during pregnancy and he said the fetus would most likely develop antibodies and make the child a severe hypoT. It didn't sound right to me at the time since you would expect hyperT hormones to be passed in the blood. Sherry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 5, 2003 Report Share Posted May 5, 2003 In a message dated 5/5/2003 9:49:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Andow2000@... writes: > Hi Simon- I had asked a doctor about mother's being hyperT during pregnancy > and he said the fetus would most likely develop antibodies and make the > child > a severe hypoT. It didn't sound right to me at the time since you would > expect hyperT hormones to be passed in the blood. Sherry > > Hi Sherry, I agree with you, that does sound a bit odd. I'm currently 30 weeks pregnant and somewhat hyper, with very high antibody counts. My endocrinologist says that due to the high antibody count, my baby could be severly hyper at birth. In fact, it's his theory that the reason women get away with taking PTU during pregnancy is that it crosses the placenta and actually treats the baby's hyperthyroidism to some extent. Simon, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that the baby would not develop antibodies, but rather receive the mother's antibodies, which could result in temporary hyperthyroidism until the antibodies dissipate within a few months after birth. Peace, Tori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2003 Report Share Posted May 6, 2003 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 L@... wrote: > > I agree with you, that does sound a bit odd. I'm currently 30 weeks pregnant > and somewhat hyper, with very high antibody counts. My endocrinologist says > that due to the high antibody count, my baby could be severly hyper at birth. > In fact, it's his theory that the reason women get away with taking PTU > during pregnancy is that it crosses the placenta and actually treats the > baby's hyperthyroidism to some extent. Simon, correct me if I'm wrong, but I > believe that the baby would not develop antibodies, but rather receive the > mother's antibodies, which could result in temporary hyperthyroidism until > the antibodies dissipate within a few months after birth. Maternal antibodies can cause transient hyperthyroidism. So yes. I think hypothyroidism at birth is also known outcome (Elaine's book mentions TSH blocking antibodies being transferred, as well as ATD crossing the placenta). I believe it is usually transient as well. The only thing widely reported is that hypothyroidism in the mother, even if mild, can result in a loss of IQ for the child, although normally even this is quite a small change. Have to say pregnancy is all very complicated, presumably in history there have been a lot of mothers with untreated thyroid disorders, from which some (possibly all of US here!) are descended, so whilst mothers-to-be naturally worry, everything will probably turn out okay. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+t2OWGFXfHI9FVgYRAgHDAKCtlKFjBpS270A4dFLWr5NuMhLb2QCdGMJz ffcWotaV/xdpsVO/MwDfQmw= =ZPQK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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