What is neonatal hyperthyroidism

Neonatal hyperthyroidism clinical rarely see, suffering from hyperthyroidism means mothers giving birth babies, born after the hyperthyroidism, the incidence rate of less than 2 per cent of newborns. The disease mainly occurs in pregnancy with diffuse toxic goiter babies born to women, due to the mother suffering from hyperthyroidism had not been properly treated, the mother of thyrotropin receptor antibody through the placenta into the fetus caused by the body. Its characteristics are children at the time of birth are the performance of hyperthyroidism, such as skin flushing, irritability, sweating, but the amount of food does not increase body weight, fast heart rate, such as goiter. Neonatal hyperthyroidism due to the thyrotropin receptor antibody is derived from the mother, non-self-produced, with the extension of time, thyrotropin receptor antibody also self-degradation, hyperthyroidism symptoms will gradually ease, it is not the treatment, mostly born after 1 to 3 months eased their own, without recurrence, nor stay sequelae. Sometimes unable to remission, and the corresponding methods can be taken timely treatment.