Hypothyroidism Signs, Symptoms and Diagnosis of Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism may produce many symptoms. The alternative term 'myxoedema' refers to the accumulation of mucopolysaccharide in subcutaneous tissues.

Symptoms of Hypothyroidism

Patient becomes:

• slow,
• dry-haired,
• thick-skinned,
• deep-voiced patient with weight gain,
• cold intolerance,
• bradycardia and
• Constipation

Milder symptoms are, however, more common and hard to distinguish from other causes of non-specific tiredness. Many cases are detected on biochemical screening.

Special difficulties in diagnosis may arise in certain circumstances:

• Children with hypothyroidism may not show classic features but often have a slow growth velocity, poor school performance and sometimes arrest of pubertal development.
• Young women with hypothyroidism may not show obvious signs. Hypothyroidism should be excluded in all patients with oligomenorrhoea/amenorrhoea, menorrhagia, infertility or hyperprolactinaemia.
• The elderly show many clinical features that are difficult to differentiate from normal ageing.

Hypothyroidism

• Aegle marmelos
• Osmotic pressure
• Vitamin k
• High blood pressure
• Vitamin b6
• Lack of vitamin b
• Carbohydrate
• Cobalt
• Selenium
• Herbal extract

  Hemochromatosis
  Siderosis
  Anemia
  Thalassemia
  Sideroblastic anemia
  Porphyria cutanea tarda
  Sickle-cell anemia
  Wilsons Disease
  kwashiorkor
  Menkes syndrome
  Neutropenia
  Keratomalacia
  Xerophthalmia
  Prophylaxis
  Rhodopsin
  Bitot's spots
  Beriberi
  Pellagra
  Macrocytic anemia
  Megaloblastic anemia
  Pernicious anemia
  Scurvy
  Rickets
  Osteomalacia
  Abetalipoproteinemia
  Muscular dystrophy
  Haemolytic anaemia
  Cholestatic Jaundice Constipation
  Myxedema
  Cretinism
  Hypothyroidism
  Hypothyroidism symptom
  Losing weight with hypothyroidism
  Subclinical hypothyroidism
  Congenital hypothyroidism
  Hashimotos thyroiditis
  Postpartum thyroiditis
  Hyperthyroidism
  Hyperthyroidism symptom
  Feline hyperthyroidism
  Graves disease
  Thyrotoxicosis
   Plummer's disease
  Thyroid storm
  Fluorosis
  Acrodermatitis enteropathica
  Metal fume fever
  Keshan disease
Metabolic Syndrome