Re: For Del

[Guest guest]

Hi Lilian, I have sent you a list of symptoms to send to your

friend so they can tick off the boxes. You need also to send the list of

'Signs' that her husband might be showing and I have listed these below for you.

Commonly Reported

Signs of Hypothyroidism

Apart

from the symptoms provided in the Hypothyroid

Symptoms Checklist, you also need to know the most common signs of

hypothyroidism and thyroid hormone resistance (THR). A sign is an abnormality

experienced by the patient that others can see and independently confirm. Dry,

scaly skin is a sign that you can show to your doctor.

Other

disorders can cause signs typical of hypothyroidism and THR. Because of this,

it’s important not to rush to judgment and conclude that a thyroid

disorder is the cause of your sign. Some signs may be so subtle that only you

and your doctor may be certain that you had them only in their absence, after

you reach an effective dose of thyroid hormone replacement. An example is the

dull, listless appearance of some patients’ eyes, replaced after therapy

with a bright radiance.

Skin:

Dry skin

Thick, scaling skin

Coarse skin

Hair:

Fineness of hair

Dry, coarse, brittle hair

Sparse eyebrows, especially outer ends

Hair loss

Nails and skin:

Brittle nails

Dry ridges down nails

Cold skin

Swelling:

Swelling

of face - Swelling around the eyes -Swelling of eyelids - Swelling

of ankles (oedema)

No pitting oedema of ankles

Fluid accumulation in abdomen (ascitis)

Thick tongue

Paleness of skin

Paleness of lips

Bluish or purplish colour of skin, nail beds, lips or mucous membrane

Unexplained weight gain

Hoarseness

Low basal and activity level temperature

Protrusion of one or both eyeballs (exophthalmos)

Slow speech

Slow pulse rate

Slow thinking

Sluggish movement

Slow relaxation phase of the knee and/or ankle reflex

Listless, dull look to eyes

Wasting of tongue

Nervousness

Rapid heart rate with weak force of contraction

Slow heart rate despite low aerobic fitness

Pounding heart beat

Cardiac enlargement on X-ray

Indistinct or faint heart tones

Low QRS voltage on ECG

Long normal intervals on ECG

Fluid around heart (pericardial effusion)

Changes at the back of the eye (at fundus oculi)

I have been trying to send you a private message to what I

thought was your email address but it just wouldn't leave my send box for some

reason or other.

I have been trying to send a copy of the thyroid symptoms, with

the boxes to tick, to a friend. The doctor said her husband

might be hypothyroid. My friend says he couldn't be (even though

blood tests say he might) because he doesn't have any of the

symptoms. She looked it up on the internet and, as you know, they

only list about 4 or 5.

I tried sending her the link straight from the files. It

wouldn't open. I sent a copy to myself and I had the same problem

not being able to open the link.

I then tried to download it to my desktop but all I got was a

blank word document.

Can you please tell me how to do it, and if possible, send me a

copy for me to pass on to my friend by email.

Thanks

Lilian

[Guest guest]

Thanks for those two - I have passed them on. Her husband's is the opposite to our experiences. The doctor said his blood tests showed hypothyroidism yet my friend says he shows no symptoms. But then she was only looking at the odd few quoted by doctors.

Looking back I too thought I hadn't any symptoms when the doctor first diagnosed me from the blood test. What I didn't have were the few symptoms generally known to be a thyroid problem. I had many of the others e.g. very scaley skin on my legs.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

I was diagnosed because I had been tested to see where my potassium

level lay, I have to be tested every 6 months because I take diuretics. The

doctor phoned me that evening to tell me the potassium level was fine, but that

my TSH was 13.6. I had NO idea I was suffering with anything whatsoever, and

had accepted that my blue feet and general coldness, slight weight gain, rotten

hair, and need for a sleep in the afternoon was quite normal. ONLY after I

started taking levothyroxine did all the other symptoms suddenly come rushing

in with a vengeance.

Luv - Sheila

Thanks for those two - I have passed them

on. Her husband's is the opposite to our

experiences. The doctor said his blood tests showed hypothyroidism

yet my friend says he shows no symptoms. But then she was only

looking at the odd few quoted by doctors.

Looking back I too thought I hadn't any symptoms when the doctor

first diagnosed me from the blood test. What I didn't have were the

few symptoms generally known to be a thyroid problem. I had

many of the others e.g. very scaley skin on my legs.

Lilian

[Guest guest]

Hi Lilian,

I will contact you privately about this.

Cheers!

Del.

>

> I have been trying to send you a private message to what I thought was your

email address but it just wouldn't leave my send box for some reason or other.

>

> I have been trying to send a copy of the thyroid symptoms, with the boxes to

tick, to a friend. The doctor said her husband might be hypothyroid. My

friend says he couldn't be (even though blood tests say he might) because he

doesn't have any of the symptoms. She looked it up on the internet and, as you

know, they only list about 4 or 5.

>

> I tried sending her the link straight from the files. It wouldn't open. I

sent a copy to myself and I had the same problem not being able to open the

link.

>

> I then tried to download it to my desktop but all I got was a blank word

document.

>

> Can you please tell me how to do it, and if possible, send me a copy for me to

pass on to my friend by email.

>

> Thanks

> Lilian

>