Study of thyroid and reproductive hormones levels in fertile and infertile women

Abstract EN

Hormones are actual messengers in endocrine signaling.

Thyroid gland as endocrine glands holds a critical place in controlling brain and somatic development in embryos and metabolic activities in adults.

There is an Coordination between hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid and hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axes, Therefore hypo- and hyper-thyroidism affect women fertility and prolonged exposure to altered thyroid physiology could lead to women infertility.

This study was done to illustrate some hormones (sex and thyroid) changes, the study included 73 infertile women and 23 fertile women24-35years old between March 2013 and June 2013, in Endocrines and diabetes medical center in Nassirhyia city.

The results of the study were revealed the significantly increase in the level of LH, FSH, and prolactin and T4 in infertile womens compared with fertile womens (control) while no significant differences was observed in T3 level between two groups.