Should i worry about baby's thyroid?

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Should i worry about baby's thyroid?
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Sun, 08-08-2004 - 4:25pm
he seems to get beet red when he is hot. but this happens even indoors. i guess that is why i am worrying. when everyone else seems fine with the temp. he is beet red. and in very little clothing. at home, we keep it pretty cool in the house... so he is fine, but at other people's homes and stuff, he get's like this. i am beginning to worry about his thyroid since thyroid conditions run rampant in our family and heat intolerance is a sign of overactive thyroid. also, he is on some meds for wheezing, that i think may be contributing to this (altho, i cannot seem to find a single piece of research on it) he is on xoponez from the family of albuterol and i think this does something to the cardio system and dialates the vessles, prob. making him more prone to the flushing. i am hoping, at his appt. on tue. the dr, will let me stop the xoponex, cuz since he started the zyrtec he is not wheezing anymore!

Erika

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Sun, 08-08-2004 - 8:29pm
Hi Erika,

Not sure if this helps but my ped. told me that all infants have their thyroids checked at birth. When I was recently diagnosed, I let my children's ped. know this and he told me that. My children don't exhibit any symptoms anyway. But obviously, that doesn't mean they can't or won't develop a thyroid condition.

It makes sense that your son could be "flush" while on the wheezing meds. Of course, you should bring this up to your son's ped.

Let us know what your ped. says.

--Gina

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Sun, 08-08-2004 - 9:19pm
Hi Erika - It's worth double checking to make sure that he was tested when he was born. I'll see if I can check the sdie effects of his medication for you! Cathy :)
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Mon, 08-09-2004 - 11:59am

I agree. I think, but am not 100% that this is one of the tests that they do with the PKU testing. I realized when I switched pediatricians that my old practice didn't call for the results. I tried to but couldn't b/c I wasn't a dr....so I requested in writing that my new practice did this for me.


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Registered: 05-27-2003
Mon, 08-09-2004 - 12:54pm

Every state checks TSH levels during newborn screenings.

 

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Mon, 08-09-2004 - 8:53pm
did your baby have a thryoid issue????

Erika

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Mon, 08-09-2004 - 8:56pm
we see andrew's dr. tomorrow for his 6month appt. tomorrow. i plan to bring it up. i will let you know.

Erika

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Tue, 08-10-2004 - 10:57am

At initial screenings his TSH was 255 so we did have to go to the doctor.

 

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Tue, 08-10-2004 - 8:00pm
wow- that is good to hear about him being healthy! PTU is a med they give for grave's disease, right? do you know if other meds like synthroid can effect unborn baby? they told me the synthroid was safe to take during pg. PTU must be different... i am not familiar with it.

Erika

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Tue, 08-10-2004 - 8:05pm
dr.'s continue to tell me not to worry about andrew's flushing. they tell me not to worry about it, altho, it became a new symptom around the time he started the xoponex! he was never like that before. now he is off the xoponex (yea! since his wheezing has stopped since the 4th day on zyrtec!) i am anxious to see if the flushing goes away now. dr.'s (and yes, i say dr.'s as i am such a pain in the A** that my dr. pulls in his colleague when i visit!) do not even think it is the xoponex... but they also thought he had asthma and needed to be on that darn xoponex and i pushed for them to significantly reduce the dose and then i only administered in 1x a day instead of 2! i think there is a place for a mother's instinct! and i will stay on this issue until i feel it is resolved. period. they do not think his thryoid needs to be checked. but i plan to watch the signs... i can always seek out a ped endo if i want. he is on a PPO anyway.

Erika

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Wed, 08-11-2004 - 9:33am

Erika


I'm glad the doctors felt your wee one is fine.