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DISCOVER WHICH THYROID SUPPLEMENT IS BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR SITUATION
Author: Mary Shomon Many people wonder if they have a thyroid condition. You may be finding it hard to lose weight, and are wondering if it's your thyroid. Or you may have other symptoms that suggest a possible thyroid problem.
Thyroid conditions are not always diagnosed easily. Symptoms such as fatigue, weight changes, depression, and muscle aches, for example, are similar to many other conditions and diseases. Or they may be attributed by patients or doctors as due to stress, menopause, age, lifestyle, etc. And because thyroid disease affects women far more often than men, and frequently appears during periods of hormonal fluctuation (i.e., pregnancy, post-partum, and menopause) they are very easily overlooked, because symptoms such as weight gain and exhaustion and often associated with pregnancy and menopause as well.
Thyroid conditions that are autoimmune in nature also frequently surface during periods of physical or emotional stress, such as death of someone close, moving, divorce, or a physical accident. Sleep disturbances, weight changes, depression and anxiety are common during such periods of stress, and these symptoms may also mask thyroid disease.
What Are the Risks for and Symptoms of Thyroid Disease?
People who have thyroid cancer, goiter or nodules may have no symptoms at all. In other cases, symptoms of hypothyroidism and/or hyperthyroidism may appear with thyroid cancer, goiter, and nodules. Typically, growths or enlargement in the thyroid may also present with difficulty swallowing, feeling of a lump in the neck, soreness in the neck, sensitivity to neckties/turtlenecks/scarves, and unusual sensations in the throat and neck.
Basically, however, some of the key risks and symptoms:
- A family history of thyroid disease and/or autoimmune diseases
- Female
- Over 60
- Pregnant, recently pregnant, or menopausal
- Lump, swelling, discomfort in the neck and throat area
- Fatigue, exhaustion
- Feeling extremely cold or hot
- Particularly high or low pulse rate
- High or very low cholesterol levels
- High or low blood pressure
- Weight changes
- Depression and/or anxiety/panic
- Hair loss
- Fertility problems
- Menstrual problems
- Constipation or diarrhea
- Loss of energy
- Loss of sex drive
Do Weight Problems Always Mean A Thyroid Condition?
Some people believe that everyone who has a thyroid condition must have weight problems, usually weight gain, or difficulty losing. That is not the case. Some people will have a thyroid condition and no change in weight. There are even people who have an underactive thyroid, who lose weight. Alternatively, if you are overweight and gaining, or having difficulty losing, you are not automatically hypothyroid. A percentage of people with weight problems do likely have undiagnosed thyroid problems, but not all. So it's not safe to assume that if you have a weight problem, you also have a thyroid problem, unless you have been diagnosed by a practitioner or valid testing has identified your condition
Should You Have a Thyroid Test?
If you have more than one two of the above risks/symptoms, you should have your thyroid tested.
Some experts feel that everyone should be tested at 35, and every 5 years thereafter, and more frequently when symptoms are present.
Other experts believe that any woman considering pregnancy should have a thyroid test before becoming pregnant, and that all women should have thyroid tests in each of their three trimesters of pregnancy.
Some experts believe that everyone who is bein prescribed an antidepressant should first have a thyroid test.
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