Valoración de anticuerpos antiperoxidasa como etiología de hipotiroidismo en los ancianos residentes en el asilo Cristo Rey de la ciudad de Cuenca en el Periodo comprendido entre los meses de Julio - Septiembre del 2002

Abstract

Autoimmune thyroid disease is the leading cause of hypothyroidism and more likely occur in genetically susceptible populations. Hypothyroidism is a common endocrine disease in people over 60, the same that has been little studied in our area, presents with symptoms and signs generally attributed to the normal aging process and is characterized by elevated most to 5.1uUl / mL TSH, when this elevation is accompanied by subnormal numbers of T4 is called subclinical or mild hypothyroidism. T3 determination not diagnostic for hypothyroidism. In the elderly the prevalence of hypothyroidism in our study was 29 percent, with subclinical hypothyroidism prevalence of 96.6 percent. The peroxidase antibodies toriodea [Anti-TPO Ab] are autoantibodies directed against the peroxidase enzyme the toroids gland and have become the preferred method for the management and diagnosis of the etiology of autoimmune thyroid diseases in our study were diagnosed two cases of toroiditis of Heshimoto with Anti-TPO antibody positive