In order to provide medical updates to the gynaecologists of southern Odisha about thyroid disorders in pregnancy, the Berhampur Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society (BOGS) organised a workshop titled ‘Thyroid disorders in pregnancy’, at the MKCG Medical College Hospital premises here recently.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Head Prof Dr Bharati Mishra presided over the meeting. BOGS president Dr Sunil Kumar Kota attending as resource person explained about causes, symptoms, complications and treatment of the thyroid disorders to the audience.
Dr Kota also explained that, in uncontrolled and undetected cases, there can be hypertension, miscarriage, preterm labor, bleeding, anemia, intrauterine growth retardation, sometimes death. In babies born under such circumstances, it can give rise to poor physical growth, abnormal brain development, jaundice and deafness, he added.
However, he stated that timely test and proper treatment can make the patient free of all these complications. Around 70 gynecologists and post-graduate students participated. Among others, Prof Dr Subhadra Mangu and BOGS secretary Dr Indira Palo were present.