Zeitschrift für Lebensmittel- und Ernährungsstörungen

Dietary Supplementation Improves Blastocyst Number and Ongoing Pregnancy Rate of IVF Patients with Hashimoto Thyroiditis

Johannes Wogatzky, Birgit Schechinger1, Dietmar Spitzer and Nicolas Herbert Zech

Dietary Supplementation Improves Blastocyst Number and Ongoing Pregnancy Rate of IVF Patients with Hashimoto Thyroiditis

In Assisted Reproduction Techniques (ART), autoimmune disorders of the thyroid gland present as common concomitant diseases. Hypothyroidism caused by autoimmune thyroiditis can impair fertility and pregnancy. Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT) is the most common autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). Patients with HT undergoing IVF/ICSI using the long protocol are thought to benefit from a broad therapeutic concept. We compared the outcome of two different therapeutic schemes for HT patients presenting at our fertility clinic and compared the outcome to ART patients without thyroiditis.