ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
PARATHYROID
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Men
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Women
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Hyperthyroidism is characterised by high levels of serum thyroxine and triiodothyronine, and low levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone. The main causes of hyperthyroidism are Graves’ disease, toxic multinodular goitre, and toxic adenoma. About 20 times more women than men have hyperthyroidism.
Detailed explanation-2: -How common is hyperthyroidism? Hyperthyroidism is more common in women than men, and affects 2 in 100 women and 2 in 1, 000 men.
Detailed explanation-3: -Females are 10 times more prone to develop thyroid dysfunction and associated anemia and other diseases than males [18, 22, 23].
Detailed explanation-4: -Our results confirmed that females had significantly higher incidence of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism than males.