Dr Amir Khan

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9,955 appearances 22 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 2d ago

Dr Amir Khan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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No Appointment Necessary · Everything You Need to Know About Your Thyroid · 10 Aug 2026 podcast

And so to say that they live a happy, comfortable life, yeah, th th they do, but it's hard. voice-verified

It's not an easy life to manage that. voice-verified

Lots of people get on with it fine and they're fine. voice-verified

because their dose requirements doesn't change. voice-verified

But I think what's really important, and this surprises people, and it's important we say this as doctors when we start people on it, your dose requirement is likely to change as you get older, if you get pregnant, if you put on weight, if you do lots of exercise. voice-verified

Our thyroid will adjust all of that. voice-verified

But if if your lifestyle changes, then your hormone think about all the jobs it's doing, you know, your requirement will change. voice-verified

Can you get pregnant if you have thyroid issues? voice-verified

How does pregnancy affect thyroids? voice-verified

So pregnancy is a is an important one. voice-verified

Uh and there's lots of young girls with an underactive thyroid who are on thyroxine. voice-verified

Uh um so pregnancy hormones themselves voice-verified

So there's one called beta HCG, which is a big pregnancy hormone, can affect how much your gland, your thyroid gland is producing thyro thyroxine, but also your your pregnancy increases the requirement of more thyroxine as well. voice-verified

So often uh pregnant ladies need higher doses of thyroid hormone if they're on it. voice-verified

So we we voice-verified

Adjust the dose accordingly. voice-verified

What's frustrating is the blood test that we do doesn't account for pregnancy. voice-verified

So we have to adjust the dose, but we can't base it necessarily on the blood test because we can't say, well, this person's pregnant, you need to adjust the normal levels. voice-verified

There is no blood test that accounts for pregnancy. voice-verified

How annoying is that? voice-verified

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