Newborns with high TSH refers to high thyroid-stimulating hormone, mainly take general treatment, drug treatment.
1. General treatment: if the newborn check thyroid stimulating hormone level is high, it is likely that the newborn has hypothyroidism, the diet needs to be adjusted, when the newborn can add complementary foods, try to avoid giving the newborn to eat iodine-containing food, is not conducive to the recovery of the disease.
2. medication: newborn hypothyroidism also need to actively cooperate with the doctor to take medication, mainly in the doctor’s guidance to take levothyroxine sodium tablets, and must be based on the newborn’s weight, condition and other selection of the appropriate dose, parents can not arbitrarily increase or decrease the amount of medication or stop the use of medication.
Newborns with high levels of thyroid stimulating hormone should go to the hospital regularly for review, mainly to review the thyroid function, so as not to delay the condition.