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Hi, this is Dr. Rousho, and let's discuss thyroid autoimmunity, specifically thyroid autoimmunity

that's postpartum in nature. So thyroid autoimmunity is the leading cause of hypothyroidism

in most westernized countries.

It's a process where your immune cells attack your thyroid gland, cause progressive damage

to the gland and the gland then cannot produce enough hormone, thyroid hormone, and

one becomes subsequently hypothyroid.

Now, there are a few things that are known to initiate the autoimmune process that leads

to thyroid autoimmunity called Hashimoto's.

One is pregnancy.

It's known as postpartum thyroiditis or after pregnancy inflammation in the thyroid.

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