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Some symptoms of thyroid disorders in older persons, especially those over the age of 60, may be attributed to 'getting older' or dismissed as 'old age'. A blood test, in most cases, can identify a thyroid condition.

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• Entrez PubMed

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15357891?dopt=Abstract
  Current controversies in endocrinology: screening of asymptomatic elderly for subclinical hypothyroidism.

• Entrez PubMed - Subclinical hyperthyroidism and the risk of dementia

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11155096?dopt=Abstract
  The first prospective study to suggest that subclinical hyperthyroidism in the elderly increases the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

• JAMA - Abstract: Thyroid Status, Disability and Cognitive Function, and Survival in Old Age

  http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/short/292/21/2591
  Despite the outcomes of randomized controlled trials, general clinical opinion favors screening and treatment of elderly individuals with subclinical thyroid disorders.

• Thyroid Disease in Late Life

  http://www.thyroid.ca/e4g.php
  The symptoms of a thyroid disorder in an elderly person are often different from those in a younger person.

 

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