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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sunny Kumar MD [2]
Overview
The presence of signs of hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism in postpartum period on physical examination is highly suggestive of PPT.
Physical Examination
The presence of signs of hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism in postpartum period on physical examination is highly suggestive of PPT.
Appearance of the Patient
- Patients with PPT usually appear tired or irritable depend of the phase of disease.
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Neck
- Painless Thyromegaly.
Lungs
- Decreased chest expansion due to respiratory muscles fatigue
- Distant breath sounds in presence of plural effusion.
- Enspiratory wheezing with delayed expiratory phase in patient due to exacerbation of asthma
- Reduced tactile fremitus in presence of plural effusion.
Heart
- A low grade early systolic murmur best heard at the base mitral may be heard using the diaphgram of the otoscope in hyper-dynamic flow murmur in hyperthyroid phase.
Abdomen
- Abdominal distention in patients with constipation
- Abdominal tenderness in the right upper abdominal quadrant with autoimmune hepatitis.
- Hepatomegaly / splenomegaly / hepatosplenomegaly
- Dull note on percussion in peritoneal effusion.
- Increased peristaltic movements in patients with hyperthyroid phase.
Back
- Point tenderness over lumber vertebrae in osteoporosis in hypo/hyperthyroid phase.
- Costovertebral angle tenderness bilaterally osteoporosis in hypo/hyperthyroid phase.
Genitourinary
- Urinary frequency are common in hyperthyroidism phase .
- Menstrual irregularities in hypo/hyperthyroid phase.
Neuromuscular
- Patient is usually oriented to persons, place, and time
- Hyperreflexia in hyperthyroidism phase.
- hyporeflexia in hypothyroid phase.
- Proximal muscle weakness bilaterally in hypo/hyperthyroid phase.
- lid lag suggestive of cranial nerve ___ (roman numerical) deficit (e.g. Dilated pupils suggestive of CN III deficit)
- Unilateral/bilateral upper/lower extremity weakness
- Unilateral/bilateral sensory loss in the upper/lower extremity
- Positive straight leg raise test
- Abnormal gait (describe gait: e.g. ataxic (cerebellar) gait / steppage gait / waddling gait / choeiform gait / Parkinsonian gait / sensory gait)
- Positive/negative Trendelenburg sign
- Unilateral/bilateral tremor (describe tremor, e.g. at rest, pill-rolling)
- Normal finger-to-nose test / Dysmetria
- Absent/present dysdiadochokinesia (palm tapping test)
- NEUROPSYCHIATRIC : low mood, depression in hypothyroid phase. Anxiety, restlessness, irritability, and emotional lability in hyperthyroidism phase.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome in hypothyroid phase.
- Joint pains, aches, and stiffness in hypothyroid phase.
Extremities
- Clubbing in hypothyroid phase.
- Non-pitting edema of the lower extremities in hypothyroid phase.
- Muscle atrophy in hypothyroid phase.
- Fasciculations, tremors in the upper & lower extremity in hypothyroid phase.