Prevalence and Incidence of Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone
Ophanet, who are a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone as a "rare disease".
More information about Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone is available from Orphanet
Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone Prevalence: Book Excerpts
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Hyperthyroidism:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Hyperthyroidism may result from both genetic and immunologic factors. An increased incidence of this disorder in monozygotic twins, for example, points to an inherited factor, probably an autosomal recessive gene. This disease occasionally coexists with abnormal iodine metabolism and other endocrine abnormalities, such as diabetes mellitus, hyperparathyroidism, and thyroiditis. Hyperthyroidism is also associated with autoantibody production (thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin and thyroid-stimulating hormone [TSH]-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin), possibly due to a defect in suppressor–T-lymphocyte function that allows the formation of autoantibodies.
In latent hyperthyroidism, excessive dietary intake of iodine and, possibly, stress can precipitate clinical hyperthyroidism. In a person with inadequately treated hyperthyroidism, stress — including surgery, infection, toxemia of pregnancy, and diabetic ketoacidosis — can precipitate thyroid storm. (See Other forms of hyperthyroidism.)
Incidence of Graves’ disease is highest between ages 30 and 40, especially in people with family histories of thyroid abnormalities; only 5% of hyperthyroid patients are younger than age 15.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Resistance to thyroid stimulating hormone diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
For more information see about prevalence and incidence statistics.
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