Fatigue, weight gain, dark thoughts ... One in ten women would be affected by hypothyroidism after pregnancy. But this disease is rarely detected as often misconceived as "baby blues".
The baby blues are.
A little anxiety, sadness or fatigue that occur three to ten days after
the pregnancy and disappear as rapidly nothing abnormal. 30 to 80% of young mothers are concerned. But if this state of depression continues, if accompanied by weight gain and severe fatigue: it is perhaps hypothyroidism. It concerns 10-20% of women after pregnancy while only 1% are detected.
During pregnancy, the defense system of the body is very tolerant. He must leave the fetus - which is a foreign body in the mother's body - develop, without attacking. But after giving birth, there is often a rebound of immunity. That is to say that the immune system can have violent reactions for no apparent reason.
In this case, women with a predisposition to thyroid disease are at
risk of seeing their defense system spontaneously rebel against their
thyroid gland is hypothyroidism. As a result, they attacked gland can not produce enough thyroid hormone.
Molecules which are essential to life: they regulate many bodily
functions such as digestion, heart rate, weight, the nervous system ...
