Guest guest Posted March 22, 2003 Report Share Posted March 22, 2003 LOL, I doubt you're quite THERE yet! Recently there was someone post-RAI whose doc didn't start supplementing and let her slip into severe hypo. My understanding is, everything in the body slows so much you end up in a coma (not a very scientific explanation, but I'm not a scientist either!). What's your pulse rate? Terry > > Reply-To: graves_support > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 05:15:16 -0000 > To: graves_support > Subject: Myxedema Coma > > Since I have made the swing from hyper to hypo, i would like to know > what is a myxedema coma? On ithyroid.com it isn't clear at all as > the explanation is written for a scientist (which I am NOT). Anyone > know the ODDS of gettin'this? > > > > ------------------------------------- > The Graves' list is intended for informational purposes only and is not > intended to replace expert medical care. > Please consult your doctor before changing or trying new treatments. > ---------------------------------------- > DISCLAIMER > > Advertisments placed on this yahoo groups list do not have the endorsement of > the listowner. I have no input as to what ads are attached to emails. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -------- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Terry ding wrote: > > My > understanding is, everything in the body slows so much you end up in a coma > (not a very scientific explanation, but I'm not a scientist either!). Sounds about right, however it isn't necessarily a coma like in the movies, patients can sometimes still talk, if and when you wake them up, but they probably spend most of their time asleep, or looking asleep, and may not make much sense. Having had hypothyroidism induced with drugs, it just sounds like an extreme version of hypothyroidism, when the reasons you feel cold all the time with hypothyroidism becomes immediately life threatening (via hypothermia). It is reported as exceptionally rare, presumably even the worst doctors realise there is someting seriously wrong before patients start dying from hypothyroidism. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+fYfaGFXfHI9FVgYRAlEUAJ9E+Zh3tjdgO+Zl4SrIyEM9p3MZkgCgs6nW 3l/uQkRXgnydhi7CT6FyBII= =ciBf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 Hi, Myxedema coma is rarely seen today, although there was one recent report of a woman dying from this, and there was one woman on one of the boards who was hospitalized for this. Myxedema coma is much more likely to be fatal than thyroid storm. In people who no longer have any thyroid function it can 6 weeks without thyroid replacement hormone to move into myxedema coma. Early signs are thickened tongue, mental changes, orange palms, low body temperature. It's not something you should have to worry about if you're properly monitored. take care, elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 Hi, Myxedema coma is rarely seen today, although there was one recent report of a woman dying from this, and there was one woman on one of the boards who was hospitalized for this. Myxedema coma is much more likely to be fatal than thyroid storm. In people who no longer have any thyroid function it can 6 weeks without thyroid replacement hormone to move into myxedema coma. Early signs are thickened tongue, mental changes, orange palms, low body temperature. It's not something you should have to worry about if you're properly monitored. take care, elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 Hi, Myxedema coma is rarely seen today, although there was one recent report of a woman dying from this, and there was one woman on one of the boards who was hospitalized for this. Myxedema coma is much more likely to be fatal than thyroid storm. In people who no longer have any thyroid function it can 6 weeks without thyroid replacement hormone to move into myxedema coma. Early signs are thickened tongue, mental changes, orange palms, low body temperature. It's not something you should have to worry about if you're properly monitored. take care, elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 Hi, Myxedema coma is rarely seen today, although there was one recent report of a woman dying from this, and there was one woman on one of the boards who was hospitalized for this. Myxedema coma is much more likely to be fatal than thyroid storm. In people who no longer have any thyroid function it can 6 weeks without thyroid replacement hormone to move into myxedema coma. Early signs are thickened tongue, mental changes, orange palms, low body temperature. It's not something you should have to worry about if you're properly monitored. take care, elaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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