Symptoms of Low Thyroid

Thyroid Gland Disease and Symptoms of Low Thyroid

Self-Assessing Low Thyroid

1. Additional Symptoms of Low Thyroid

• Experience a significant amount of fatigue, lethargy, or feeling of sluggishness



• Decreased sweating even with mild exercise



• Chronic recurrent infections



• Constipation despite adequate fiber and liquids in your diet



• Hoarseness for no particular reason



• High cholesterol despite good diet



• Red face with exercise



• A tendency to slow or heat up, even in a sauna



• Brittle nails that crack or break easily



• Mood swings, especially anxiety, panic, or phobia



• Mild choking sensation or difficulty swallowing



• Gum problems



• Unusually low sex drive



• Irregular menses, PMS, ovarian cysts, endometriosis



• Depression, to the point of being a bothersome problem



• Accelerated worsening of eyesight or hearing



• Major weight gain



• Skin problems such as acne, eczema, or severe dry skin



• Excessive menopause symptoms, not well relieved with estrogen



• Difficulty in drawing a full breath, for no apparent reason



• Palpitations or uncomfortably noticeable heartbeat



• Feeling off balance



• Problems with memory, focus, or concentration



• Difficulty maintaining stamina throughout the day



• Infertility



• Vague and mild annoying chest discomfort, unrelated to exercise



• Annoying burning sensations that come and go



• More than normal amounts of hair come out in the brush or shower



• Difficulty maintaining standard weight with a sensible food intake



• The experience of being colder than other people around you

2. Symptoms of Low Thyroid Related Conditions

• Autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, lupus, biliary cirrhosis, sarcoidosis, Sjogren’s syndrome, scleroderma, myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s Disease, thrombocytopenia, ulcerative colitis



• Anemia, especially the B12 deficiency type



• Premature gray hair



• Mitral valve prolapse



• Dyslexia



• Persistent unusual visual images



• Raynaud’s syndrome (white or blue discoloration of fingers or toes when cold)



• Rapid cycle bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness)



• Neck injury, such as whiplash or blunt trauma



• Attention deficit disorder (ADD)



• Calcium deficiency



• Carpal tunnel syndrome



• Atrial fibrillation



• Persistent tendinitis or bursitis



• Vitiligo (persistent large white patches on skin)



• Alopecia (losing hair, especially in discrete patches)

3. Family History

• High or low thyroid or thyroid goiter



• Diabetes



• Premature gray hair



• Lupus



• Complete or partial left-handedness



• Sarcoidosis



• Biliary cirrhosis



• Sjogren’s syndrome



• Rheumatoid arthritis



• Myasthenia gravis



• Crohn’s disease



• Multiple sclerosis



• Thrombocytopenia (decrease blood platelets)



• Ulcerative colitis

4. Physical Signs and Symptoms of Low Thyroid

• Low basal temperature in early morning (average of less than 97.6 degrees over 7 days)



• Swelling of the face



• Muscle weakness



• Swelling of feet



• Thick tongue (seemingly too big for the mouth)



• Slow movements, slow speech, slow reaction time



• Excess ear wax



• Noticeably cool skin



• Loss of outer one-third of eyebrows



• Excessively dry or excessively coarse skin



• Decrease color or lips or yellowing of skin



• Swelling at base of neck (enlarged thyroid gland)



• Especially low blood pressure



• Asymmetry, lumpiness, or other irregularity of thyroid gland



• Swelling of eyelids or bags under eyes



• Dry mouth or dry eyes



• Decreased ankle reflexes or normal reflexes with slow recovery phase



• Noticeably slow pulse rate without having exercised regularly

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