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Endocrine & MetabolicMild
Hypothyroidism
Endocrinology & Diabetology · Endocrine & Metabolic
Mild
Severity
Very common — affects a substantial proportion of adults in India, more frequently women
Prevalence
No
Contagious
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly caused by Hashimoto's thyroiditis
- 2an autoimmune condition in which the immune system gradually attacks and damages the thyroid gland
- 3reducing its ability to produce hormone. Other causes include iodine deficiency
- 4prior thyroid surgery or radioactive iodine treatment
- 5certain medications
- 6and
- 7less commonly
- 8disorders affecting the pituitary gland that regulates thyroid function. Women
- 9particularly those over 60
- 10and individuals with a family history of thyroid or other autoimmune conditions are at higher risk.
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