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Hypothyroidism symptoms

Thyroid dysfunctions like hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism don’t become noticeable over night, they just modify step by step a lot of functions in the organism, inducing the sufferer a lot of signs and symptoms that are hard to be classified at once as they are given by many organs and body regions, and all due to an unbalance of the level of thyroid hormones.

A lot of the symptoms given by hypothyroidism might seem quite common for other affections too, but when put up together they can easily draw attention towards the thyroid gland. A lot of doctors tend to ignore thyroid as a possible source of problems and seem focus more on other organs and body regions when analyzing patient complains. Here are most of the signs and symptoms hypothyroidism gives and I hope they will guide you towards an endocrinologist’s office first that towards any other doctor who might say your thyroid is just fine without even performing any hormonal tests.

1. Fatigue. Consider this as an extreme tiredness. Even though you might get 10 hours of sleep at night you still can’t handle being focused and fresh during the whole day at work. Fatigue gets you to avoiding social events as you know you won’t be able to stay awake.

2. The word ‘slow’ is ideal for defining the way you seem to be moving, thinking and speaking lately. Also, forgetting a lot of things is another symptom of hypothyroidism.

3. Constipation. Besides the fact that you seem to be getting slower in everything, even the intestines seem to work slower, causing constipation no matter how much water and healthy food is consumed.

4. During the winter the body can’t get warm enough and the thyroid sufferer always has to wear a lot of clothes on and stay close to a space heater.

5. Weight gaining might become a problem. For a person that does not eat a lot and did not seem to be having problems with the body weight before, gaining weight in a short period of time is quite suspicious and should point towards a thyroid dysfunction. Also, cholesterol levels get elevated.

6. Irritability. People around you might complain about the fact they you have lost your patience with them and always seem to be moody. Being angry and depressed is quite often encountered in hypothyroidism.

7. Beauty also is affected by thyroid problems. If you observe that your skin looks puffy, your hair is falling and is loosing its healthy aspect, your nails are brittle and the external part of your eyebrows seems to be disappearing then you are facing a thyroid dysfunction almost for sure.

8. Slow heart rate, below 60 beats per minute, low body temperature and muscle weakness are all symptoms of thyroid affections too.

Hypothyroidism does not necessarily require all these symptoms to be present at once. Also having some of these signs present does not mean that it is for sure that your thyroid gland is causing them. This is why blood tests taken by an endocrinologist should be performed, so that you can see exactly at what levels your thyroid hormones are, and if they are elevated, what treatment and in what dosage you can receive so that you can get back to normal.

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