PATTERN OF THYROID DISEASE IN ALKHARJ PROVINCE, SAUDI ARABIA.

  • Assistant Professor of General Surgery, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
  • Internship doctors, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
  • Internship doctor, College of Medicine, Hail University, Saudi Arabia.
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Background: Thyroid gland is one of the important organ in human body and the burden of thyroid diseases in the general population is enormous specially in females. In Saudi Arabia its pattern is differ from area to area. Aim of the study: The present work was conducted to study the pattern of thyroid disorders among patients attended to the endocrinology clinics in Prince Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz University hospital and King Khalid hospital, Alkharj Province , Saudi Arabia. Results: The patients complaining of different thyroid disorders were 203 (12.93%) cases. 113 (55.7%)was found to have hypothyroidism and 90 (44.3%) had hyperthyroidism. Iodine deficiency was associated with hypothyroidism in females but it was common in males with hyperthyroidism. The etiology and risk factors of hypothyroidism were stress, malignant tumors and diabetes in males while the were bad nutrition, Iodine deficiency, goiter, benign thyroid tumor and family history in females. Diabetes, graves, disease, benign and malignant tumors were common in males but bad nutrition , iodine deficiency , goiter and family history were the more frequent in females suffered from hyperthyroidism .Total cases with goiter were 68 most of them were with male (61.76%). The palpable goiter was more common than visible type (66.67%)in hypothyroidism and (64.29%)in hyperthyroidism. Malignant thyroid were found mainly in males (61.29%) with papillary type of cancer (41.94%) and the common presenting manifestation was hyperthyroidism (70.97%). Conclusion: Thyroid disorders are common in , Alkharj Province especially in females. The pattern is more or less similar to that detected in other Saudi cities .Goiter and malignant thyroid are more common in males. Recommendation: More studies should be carried out in , Alkharj Province to stress on the individual thyroid disorder so as more comprehensive studies could be obtained.

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[Mohamed Abdelrazik, Waleed A. Okash, Abdul Rahman M. Alenazi, Faisal S. Alanazi and Asma A. Alanzi. (2017); PATTERN OF THYROID DISEASE IN ALKHARJ PROVINCE, SAUDI ARABIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 2986-2998] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr Mohamed abdelrazik
assistant professor general surgery prince sattam bin abdulaziz university

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3101      
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