The risk of receiving a diagnosis of overt autoimmune hypothyroidism is increased more than six-fold in the first 2 years after smoking cessation. Clearly, smoking cessation is vital to prevent death and severe disease. However, awareness of hypothyroidism should be high in people who have recently quit smoking, and virtually any report of symptoms should prompt thyroid-function testing.
Quitting smoking can impact your thyroid
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Quitting smoking can impact your thyroid
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Deb,
Very interesting. And we can even pinpoint the likely reason why so many people develop autoimmune thyroid disease after stopping a smoking habit — it's almost surely because chronic stress is the primary prerequisite for the development of autoimmune disease.
Thanks for posting this,
Tex
Very interesting. And we can even pinpoint the likely reason why so many people develop autoimmune thyroid disease after stopping a smoking habit — it's almost surely because chronic stress is the primary prerequisite for the development of autoimmune disease.
Thanks for posting this,
Tex
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