Pathophysiology

Assessment of Risk Factorsrelated to Hypothyroidism for Adult Patient at Bagdad Teaching Hospitals

“…Thyroid hormone maintains the rate at which your body uses fats and carbohydrates, burn calories, assist regulate body temperature, influence heart rate and helps in controlling the production of protein. Sometimes the thyroid can produce too much hormones or insufficiency (2) .Women are most probability to develop hypothyroidism than men. In population-based studies, women were seven times more likely than men to have TSH levels over 10 mU/l (3) .Many risk factors predispose women and man to hypothyroidismincluding autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), type (1) diabetes mellitus, other endocrine deficiencies, Down syndrome, thalassemia major, thyroid ablation and who are treated with pituitary surgery or irradiation, head and neck irradiation, treatment of growth hormone deficiency, cytotoxic therapy, lithium, interferon α, interferon β, and therapeutic monoclonal antibodies.…”

Septic Shock in Obstetrics and Gynecology

“…The mortality rate from sepsis is approximately 40% in adults, and 25% in children. It is significantly greater when sepsis left untreated for more than seven days 13 .…”

Assessing the Effectiveness of Massage Therapy for Bilateral Cleft Lip Reconstruction Scars

“…Once this disturbance has occurred, an inflammatory and regeneration process follows which ends with collagen fibers proliferating to form scar tissue. (7) The collagen is laid down in a sporadic fashion, which may lead to adherence to underlying structures and improper movement of tissue. (8) The impairments associated with scars can be functional or aesthetic in nature.…”