Very interesting Myxoedema Article (Deafness as a symptom)

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Hi,

After showing a friend my swollen face pictures in my Redharissa Rogue Gallery

photo album on this site, she passed the following link on to me:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2051123/pdf/brmedj03641-0005.pdf

The article, " Myxoedamatous Madness " , was published in the BMJ in 1949. It is

mostly addresses mental state and physical symptoms, and the photos of the sort

of swelling and rashes associated with hypothyroidism are amazing.

The real surprise for me was the constant mention of hearing loss and deafness

as a symptom. I have always felt that my sudden hearing loss was linked in some

way to my underactive thyroid and swelling. My hearing worsens considerably when

I am swollen and I've yet to find an effective treatment (diuretics do not

work). I now am completely deaf in one ear and have severe hearing loss in the

other. On the days when I am very swollen, my hearing aid moulds do not fit as

my ear canals are much smaller.

NONE of the GPs or audio specialists I have seen, believe there is a link

between hypothyroidism and deafness in spite of me asking if there is. Hence my

surprise at thos 1949 article!!! I was wondering if my ability to hear (I have

sensorineural hearing loss, physically my ears are normal and healthy)would ever

be restored if I ever get proper treatment.

Has anyone else come across articles or any information about deafness and

thyroid problems?

Tracey

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This is amazing Tracey - below is a copy of some information I

kept from long ago: First check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1665986.stm

- also, if you type 'hypothyroidism and hearing loss' into Google, you get up

tons of stuff, so I cannot understand any doctor denying such a connection.

The psychiatric manifestations of Hashimoto's:

http://www.drrichardhall.com/Articles/hashimoto.pdf

The following abstracts can

be found at PubMed:

Psychiatric presentations of

hypothyroidism.

Masked " myxoedema madness " .

Psychotic manifestations of hypothyroidism.

Psychiatric symptoms in endocrine diseases.

Psychiatric and cognitive aspects of hypothyroidism.

Psychiatric manifestations as the only clinical sign of hypothyroidism.

A case of 'hallucination of solioquy' with hypothyroidism induced Hashimto

disease.

" Symptomless " autoimmune thyroiditis in depression.

Myxedematous madness without myxedema.

Hypothyroidism and depression: a therapeutic challenge.

Psychotic states associated with disorders of thyroid function.

The diagnostic dilemma of myxedema and madness, axis I and II.

Thyroid function in clinical subtypes of major depression: an exploratory

study

Studies on thyroid therapy and thyroid function in depression patients.

Experiences of fatigue and depression before and after low-dose 1-thyroxine

supplementation in

essentially euthyroid individuals.

Thyroid antibodies in depressive disorders.

The presence of antithyroid antibodies in patients with affective and

nonaffective psychiatric disorders.

Antithyroid antibodies in depressed patients.

Brain perfusion abnormalities in patients with euthyroid autoimmune

thyroiditis.

Brain metabolism in hypothyroidism studied with 31P magnetic-resonance

spectroscopy.

Sub-laboratory hypothyroidism and the empiral use of Armour Thyroid.

After showing a friend my swollen face pictures in my Redharissa Rogue Gallery

photo album on this site, she passed the following link on to me:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2051123/pdf/brmedj03641-0005.pdf

NONE of the GPs or audio specialists I have seen, believe there is a link

between hypothyroidism and deafness in spite of me asking if there is. Hence my

surprise at thos 1949 article!!! I was wondering if my ability to hear (I have

sensorineural hearing loss, physically my ears are normal and healthy)would

ever be restored if I ever get proper treatment.

Has anyone else come across articles or any information about deafness and

thyroid problems?

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Snip>>>>> Hi,> > After showing a friend my swollen face pictures in my Redharissa Rogue Gallery photo album on this site, she passed the following link on to me:> > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2051123/pdf/brmedj03641-0005.pdf> >> Tracey

Wow!! Those pictures! Thanks Tracey that was very interestingBest wishesCaz

[Guest guest]

Hi Tracey I had exactly the same and my ear canal

seemed to be so small – I have just starting taking an excellent Omega 3

product called Mega Red – some of the other oils don’t suit me they

make me swell up – this one comes from crustaceans – so may not

suit everyone if they have a shellfish allergy – but within 3 weeks of

taking my hearing got better and my ear canal seemed to go back to normal –

they say Omega 3 takes down inflammation and I believe my ear canal etc was inflamed

and now aren’t.

Hope this helps

Best wishes

Mandy

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Thanks for the tip. Alas, I've never been able to eat shellfish, and in my 20s

became sensitive to fish too. I'm now vegetarian, though have been caught out by

foodstuffs which contain sneaky amounts of anchovies - I can always tell by the

reaction.

I did try omega oils a few years back, and also supplemented with Vitamin B,

having heard that the later could be of benefit to hearing. It didn't make much

of a difference to me, unfortunately.

I've discovered that physical exertion a sure thing guaranteed to make me swell

up. As a cyclist by necessity,and someone who used to enjoy aerobics and dance

classes, this is a real nuisance. In order to avoid swelling, I've had to cut my

exercise right down. I was worried the diminished activity would cause me to

gain weight but it didn't happen - or maybe it did, but the increase in fat

mass has been balanced out by the loss of fluid mass! ;o)

Tracey

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> Hi Tracey I had exactly the same and my ear canal seemed to be so small - I

> have just starting taking an excellent Omega 3 product called Mega Red -

> some of the other oils don't suit me they make me swell up - this one comes

> from crustaceans - so may not suit everyone if they have a shellfish allergy

> - but within 3 weeks of taking my hearing got better and my ear canal seemed

> to go back to normal - they say Omega 3 takes down inflammation and I

> believe my ear canal etc was inflamed and now aren't.

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> Hope this helps

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> Best wishes

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> Mandy

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[Guest guest]

I had the same problem exercise was assumed to be a

stressor to my body and not good for it like it should have been. Was due to

low adrenals it doesn’t happen any more but I’m on steroids

(cortisol)

Best wishes

Mandy