Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Janet----You may also have one of the autoimmune diseases such as SLE, which has sunlight sensitivity as a symptom. Hugs, Feisty Webb Osterlohgroup co-owner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Thyroid_Support_Group/ATP Board Member,Thyroid Patient Advocatehttp://feistytx.tripod.com/ Curious About the Sun Hey All! Appreciate all the info and direction from all of you!I'm curious about something and maybe someone has felt the same thing or knows something about it. I seem to get worse as the summer goes on and August has been especially bad for me overall for the last 3 or so years. Does exposure to sunlight do something to the thyroid hormones (deplete or lower their blood levels or availability)? I know I'm experiencing heat intolerance so I'm not out in it very much and therefore, don't feel it's the heat. But I'm also very sensitive to sunlight. Does anyone know anything about this? THANKS! Janet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 23, 2003 Report Share Posted August 23, 2003 Seems like this is the first I've heard this come up---very interesting. I know that antidepressants can cause extreme sensitivity to sunlight because it's in the literature we're given with it. Especially the TCAs. The SSRIs, frankly, I'm just not sure about. I also know that thyroid sufferers just seem to get more sensitive to many different things, when it comes to our skin. Don't know if that has to do with immune factors in the blood that have become more reactive or what. I would definitely be interested in someone else's opinion or knowledge on this one! Curious About the Sun > Hey All! Appreciate all the info and direction from all of you! > > I'm curious about something and maybe someone has felt the same thing or knows > something about it. I seem to get worse as the summer goes on and August has > been especially bad for me overall for the last 3 or so years. Does exposure to > sunlight do something to the thyroid hormones (deplete or lower their blood levels or > availability)? I know I'm experiencing heat intolerance so I'm not out in it very much > and therefore, don't feel it's the heat. But I'm also very sensitive to sunlight. Does > anyone know anything about this? THANKS! Janet > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 , I've wondered about the sensitivities as well. I don't have actual knowledge of the facts..just experience. I'm sensitive to loud sounds, bright light, ambient temperature type heat (yet I can still seem to burn a finger and start to blister before I pull away, never used to be that way) Yet with cold.. I can run out barefoot in the snow and grab my dad's morning paper and not feel the cold on my feet. Yet I can step on a rubber band on carpet and it 'hurts' I have noticed something rather odd the last couple of weeks. I have tinnitus (I believe thyroid related and not damage) and almost always have white noise around me to mask it, most often a fan. On those days when the weather has been really hot and we've had the central AC on I've not bothered bringing my fan into the office (I work from home). The computers on and the AC compressor right outside tends to mask pretty well. Any way, with the fan not blowing on my skin during the day I tend to be a lot more aware of 'stuff'. Itches, and tickles and such on my skin.. yet with air blowing... I don't have all these little things going on. I'm wondering if the fan blowing across the skin acts like a 'white noise' allowing me not to feel these phantom things.. just like the whistling in the ear doesn't truly exist.. it's just an altered tension in the surface of the ear drum that makes us 'hear' a whistle. White noise causes a mild vibration which alters the tension enough to make the whistle not be heard. On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:43:59 -0500 " " writes: > Seems like this is the first I've heard this come up---very > interesting. I > know that antidepressants can cause extreme sensitivity to sunlight > because > it's in the literature we're given with it. Especially the TCAs. > The > SSRIs, frankly, I'm just not sure about. I also know that thyroid > sufferers > just seem to get more sensitive to many different things, when it > comes to > our skin. Don't know if that has to do with immune factors in the > blood > that have become more reactive or what. I would definitely be > interested in > someone else's opinion or knowledge on this one! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 , I've wondered about the sensitivities as well. I don't have actual knowledge of the facts..just experience. I'm sensitive to loud sounds, bright light, ambient temperature type heat (yet I can still seem to burn a finger and start to blister before I pull away, never used to be that way) Yet with cold.. I can run out barefoot in the snow and grab my dad's morning paper and not feel the cold on my feet. Yet I can step on a rubber band on carpet and it 'hurts' I have noticed something rather odd the last couple of weeks. I have tinnitus (I believe thyroid related and not damage) and almost always have white noise around me to mask it, most often a fan. On those days when the weather has been really hot and we've had the central AC on I've not bothered bringing my fan into the office (I work from home). The computers on and the AC compressor right outside tends to mask pretty well. Any way, with the fan not blowing on my skin during the day I tend to be a lot more aware of 'stuff'. Itches, and tickles and such on my skin.. yet with air blowing... I don't have all these little things going on. I'm wondering if the fan blowing across the skin acts like a 'white noise' allowing me not to feel these phantom things.. just like the whistling in the ear doesn't truly exist.. it's just an altered tension in the surface of the ear drum that makes us 'hear' a whistle. White noise causes a mild vibration which alters the tension enough to make the whistle not be heard. On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:43:59 -0500 " " writes: > Seems like this is the first I've heard this come up---very > interesting. I > know that antidepressants can cause extreme sensitivity to sunlight > because > it's in the literature we're given with it. Especially the TCAs. > The > SSRIs, frankly, I'm just not sure about. I also know that thyroid > sufferers > just seem to get more sensitive to many different things, when it > comes to > our skin. Don't know if that has to do with immune factors in the > blood > that have become more reactive or what. I would definitely be > interested in > someone else's opinion or knowledge on this one! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 24, 2003 Report Share Posted August 24, 2003 , I've wondered about the sensitivities as well. I don't have actual knowledge of the facts..just experience. I'm sensitive to loud sounds, bright light, ambient temperature type heat (yet I can still seem to burn a finger and start to blister before I pull away, never used to be that way) Yet with cold.. I can run out barefoot in the snow and grab my dad's morning paper and not feel the cold on my feet. Yet I can step on a rubber band on carpet and it 'hurts' I have noticed something rather odd the last couple of weeks. I have tinnitus (I believe thyroid related and not damage) and almost always have white noise around me to mask it, most often a fan. On those days when the weather has been really hot and we've had the central AC on I've not bothered bringing my fan into the office (I work from home). The computers on and the AC compressor right outside tends to mask pretty well. Any way, with the fan not blowing on my skin during the day I tend to be a lot more aware of 'stuff'. Itches, and tickles and such on my skin.. yet with air blowing... I don't have all these little things going on. I'm wondering if the fan blowing across the skin acts like a 'white noise' allowing me not to feel these phantom things.. just like the whistling in the ear doesn't truly exist.. it's just an altered tension in the surface of the ear drum that makes us 'hear' a whistle. White noise causes a mild vibration which alters the tension enough to make the whistle not be heard. On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:43:59 -0500 " " writes: > Seems like this is the first I've heard this come up---very > interesting. I > know that antidepressants can cause extreme sensitivity to sunlight > because > it's in the literature we're given with it. Especially the TCAs. > The > SSRIs, frankly, I'm just not sure about. I also know that thyroid > sufferers > just seem to get more sensitive to many different things, when it > comes to > our skin. Don't know if that has to do with immune factors in the > blood > that have become more reactive or what. I would definitely be > interested in > someone else's opinion or knowledge on this one! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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