In study at the Mayo Clinic covering fifty consecutive young women with hypothyroidism, twenty-eight has menstrual disturbances. Abnormally profuse menses was a common disturbance; frequent bleeding between periods was another; in some cases, both problems were present. Thyroid therapy relived… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
From what has been said, it would appear that the possibility of thyroid deficiency should be considered, and if found, should be treated in… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
Certainly miscarriage is not invariably related to low thyroid function. There are many other possible causes. Yet soon after thyroid therapy first became available,… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
In study at the Mayo Clinic covering fifty consecutive young women with hypothyroidism, twenty-eight has menstrual disturbances. Abnormally profuse menses was a common disturbance;… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
The medical literature is full of reports going back many years that provide evidence that thyroid medication, used when indicated, is one of the… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
On thyroid therapy, more than 90 percent of those with painful menstruation were relieved, most of them completely. The results were fully as good… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
Many of the women who benefited from thyroid therapy provided added evidence that it was the thyroid which was responsible. There were the women… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
But the problem remains two fold: the need for recognition that low thyroid function very often can provoke menstrual problems, and the need for… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
Forty years ago, after many years of successful use of thyroid therapy, leading gynecologists in this country and elsewhere were reporting thyroid had cured… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
Thyroid secretions in adequate amounts appear to be essential for development of the egg and for proper ovarian secretions. If thyroid function is low,… — Broda Otto Barnes Copy Share Image
