Thyroid Profile In Menstrual Disorders.

ABSTRACT

To study the thyroid related complaints & thyroid function tests in women with DUB and to study the menstrual pattern in women with thyroid disease. Fifty patients of DUB (GP-A) in reproductive age group presenting with menstrual irregularities like menorrhagia, oligomenorrhoea, amenorrhoea, hypomenorrhoea and polymenorrhoea were studied for thyroid profile and fifty thyroid patients were studied in endocrinology for menstrual patterns (GP-B). Out of 50 women (GP-A), hypothyroidism was detected in 11 (22%) and hyperthyroidism in 7 (14%). In Group-B 56 % of hypothyroid patients had disturbed menstrual cycles with associated problems and 62 % of hyperthyroid patients were found to have disturbed menstrual cycles ranging from menorrhagia to oligomenorrhoea to amenorrhoea. Thyroid function tests must be ordered in women presenting with DUB, to avoid unnecessary hormonal treatment and surgery in such patients.