1. Evaluation of probiotics in the treatment of hypothyroidism in early pregnancy combined with small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
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Miao Zhang, Yajuan Xu, Zongzong Sun, Yanjie Ban, Shanshan Zhai, Wentao Wang, Mengqi Wang, Jie You, Dongsun Chen, Shuanghui Zhu, and Hui Guo
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hydrogen/methane lactose breath test ,hypothyroidism in pregnancy ,probiotics ,small intestinal bacterial overgrowth ,Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,TX341-641 - Abstract
Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the association between hypothyroidism in early pregnancy and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and the effect of probiotics. Patients with hypothyroidism in early pregnancy and normal pregnant women during the same period were included in the methane–hydrogen breath test to compare the incidence of SIBO, smoothed curve fit, and differences in clinical symptoms. For those who combined with SIBO, the rate of clinical symptom conversion, thyroid hormones, and changes in associated inflammatory indexes were compared after 21 days of treatment with probiotics on top of conventional levothyroxine sodium tablets. The results are as follows: (1) The incidence of combined SIBO in patients with hypothyroidism in pregnancy was 56.0%, significantly higher than the 28.0% of normal pregnant women during the same period. (2) The highest value of hydrogen plus methane gas in 90 min in pregnancy hypothyroid patients showed a significant negative correlation with FT4 (p
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- 2024
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