What are the dangers of high thyroid hormone?

The thyroid gland is responsible for the body's internal circulation balance by secreting hormones. Therefore, the health of the thyroid gland is directly related to people's life and health. The most common thyroid disease is the problem of thyroid hormone secretion. For example, high thyroid hormone is one of the manifestations of secretion problems. What are the dangers of high thyroid hormone? Let’s take a look at the detailed introduction below.

1. Functional failure, life-threatening: High thyroid-stimulating hormone can cause the patient to experience slow heart rate, weak heart sounds, and generalized heart enlargement, often accompanied by pericardial effusion and myocardial fiber swelling. Without proper rescue, the patient will suffer from coma, arrhythmia or heart failure and die.

2. Impact on fertility and fetal birth defects: High levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone lead to impotence, testicular atrophy and sexual dysfunction in male patients; female patients suffer from irregular menstruation, reduced menstruation or even amenorrhea, resulting in infertility. Pregnant women are prone to premature birth, miscarriage, fetal maldevelopment or stillbirth, and the newborns are prone to cerebral palsy, etc. This is the most serious hazard of high thyroid hormone for ordinary people.

3. Damage to nerves and schizophrenia: It can cause patients to suffer from memory loss, mental retardation, drowsiness, depression, and often psychotic manifestations. Severe cases can develop into paranoid schizophrenia, and later dementia, etc. Therefore, the problem of thyroid secretion should not be underestimated.

4. The condition worsens and causes cancer: The patient's chance of developing cancer is 10%-30%. If hypothyroidism is not treated in time, the condition will worsen and may cause cancer. Severe conditions can cause thyroid crisis and liver damage, and some patients may develop thyroid cancer or thyroid tumors.