One-tenth of people living with thyroid disorders in India
42 million people in India have thyroid disorders and hypothyroidism is the most common of thyroid disorders in India, affecting one in ten adults. In hypothyroidism, your thyroid gland doesn’t produce enough of certain important hormones. Think of thyroid as the furnace of the body – you need it to break down food, maintain metabolism. What happens when the furnace can’t function properly? Obesity, joint pain, infertility and heart disease. But these develop later as in the early stages there are seldom any symptoms. Women, especially those older than age 60, are more likely to have hypothyroidism. Some of the
