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Does thyroid problem lead to death?

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Does thyroid problem (either hypo or hyper) lead to death like other disease like cancer, kidney failure and others?

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  1. Dr Suman Rao on Jun 15, 2012 Reply

    No.Thyroid cancer does cause death as in other cancers. But otherwise death in thyroid cases is usually due to cardiac reasons.A thyroid patient is twice likely to die of a cardiac cause.Maintaining TSH at the lower end of normal range lowers the risk of death.Hyperthyroidism esp Hashimotos causes death due to hypercirculatory disorder and cardiac failure.