Pituitary Malfunction

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Interesting talk on Radio 4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rr37c

The bit on pituitary damage starts at 19.00.

Pituitary function is something I want to research more, as the "thyroid test" (TSH) actually measure a hormone produced by the pituitary.

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Thank you for posting that.

Interesting that they estimate possibly half to one million people have pituitary issues. And there are some million or so people in England on levothyroxine.

Rather suggests to me that there is ample opportunity for the two to occur together. Which, as you clearly imply, allows for a large number of cases where the pituitary cannot produce the appropriate level of TSH after injury. But let us now miss autoimmune pituitary disease which might be much more common than has hitherto been thought.

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Rod