Hypothyroidism and its symptoms
Hypothyroidism occurs in 19 of 1000 women and 1 of 1000 men. Hypothyroidism is not aparent at the beginning and develops gradually, usually during years or even decades. The hypothyroidism symptoms are initially slight and are often taken as the result of stress, pregnancy etc. Hypothyroidism had been fatal diagnosis before medical preparations of thyroid hormones has become available.
If you suffer from general malaise, such as weakness, fatigue, decreased work capacity, memory deterioration, weight gain, edemas, dry skin, brittle fingernails and hair it is very probably you have your thyroid gland function decreased. Hypothyroidism been identified as a cause for infertility, miscarriage, and pregnancy complications.
Hypothyroidism may include the next hypothyroidism symptoms:
- sluggishness and fatigue, especially in the morning;
- head ache, joints and muscle pain, numbness in fingers and toes;
- depression;
- sleep disorders;
- memory and thinking skills decline;
- libido and sexual potency decline;
- menstrual disorders, infertility;
- frequent infections;
- constipation;
- body weight gain;
- cold fingers and toes, body temperature lowering;
- edemas and dry skin of face and limbs;
- brittle hair and nails;
- disorders of vision and hearing, ringing in ears;
- hoarse voice, snoring;
- heart rate decreasing and heart disorders;
- blood pressure fluctuations, vascular dystonia;
- anemia;
- high cholesterol in the blood;
In 99% cases pathology of the thyroid gland is the reason of hypothyroidisms (inborn hypothyroidism, thyroid gland hypoplasia, autoimmune thyroiditis, lack of iodine, state after treatment of hyperthyroidism or thyroid gland surgery, thyroid gland tumors) and in 1% cases pathology of hypophyse or hypothalamus is the reason.
