Thyroid Disorders In Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

The present work was conducted to study the prevalence of thyroid diseases among patients showed that Out of 391 patients 196 ( 54 male and 142 female ) was found to have hypothyroidism and 195 (76 male and 119 female) have hyperthyroidism.Among hypothyroidism patients psychic, congenital and diabetes showed significant increase in males in compared with females.Also autoimmune thyroidoitis (Hashimoto thyroiditis ,Grave disease) and malignant thyroid were significant (P<0.05) in males. On the other hand, bad nutrition, iodine deficiency, goiter and benign thyroid cancer were significantly increased in females comparable with males. In hyperthyroidism patients, iodine deficiency, and benign and malignant thyroid cancer revealed significant increase in males, while bad nutrition and goiter were significantly increased in females.