What is Thyroid

These are often mistaken for something else, which delays diagnosis, and thus causes more sufferance to the patient. This happens because the signs of an under-active thyroid resemble the symptoms of many other health problems. Although not exhaustive, a list of symptoms would include:

• fatigue or tiredness;
• hair thinning and skin dryness;
• depression;
• irritability and concentration problems;
• weight gain;
• libido decrease;
• digestive problems etc.

Why do these symptoms go unrecognized?

Here are the facts!

• In the majority of cases, people don’t make the connection between the symptoms. Which means that the patient forgets to mention a symptom to the doctor because he/she does not see the symptoms as related.
• People will blame the fatigue on their stressful, busy lives, they’ll see irritability and depression as consequences of personal and emotional problems that they deal with on a daily basis. Stress and emotional imbalance could also be in the background, but they do not account for hypothyroidism.
• No doctor can pass the diagnosis for a glandular dysfunction based on the so-called symptoms of hypothyroidism alone. Lab tests need to be run in order to determine the concentration of the hormones level in the blood stream. When the hormones’ concentration is low, then, you have the clear diagnosis of under-active thyroid.

How to find out at an early stage?

1. Evaluating your thyroid health once a year, helps prevent all the possible glandular problems. Everybody should do this in the from of a routine check regardless if there is any suspicion of thyroid imbalance or not.

2. A healthy diet without polysaturated fats and highly processed foods maintains the health of the thyroid. Sometimes lifestyle adjustments allow for the thyroid to regain its normal function without the administration of any supplements whatsoever.

3. Nutritional supplements used to boost up energy levels, such as Ginseng root, has shown excellent results for the balancing of the thyroid function. Patients who don’t recognize the symptoms of hypothyroidism can still improve their condition, by the use of such supplements and a balanced lifestyle.

If you are indeed diagnosed with an under-active thyroid you should not self-medicate, and you ought to inform the doctor about any supplements that you might be using.

Living with the dysfunction!

• In order for the health condition to improve, the problems need to be kept under control by an oral intake of thyroxine, the main thyroid hormone.
• The dosage necessary to boost the hormone level and eliminate the symptoms should be adjusted until the patient reports improvement. Then, based on regular blood tests, the doctor may increase or decrease the dosage for a maximum efficiency of the treatment.

Unless something changes in the body system to restore the balance, there is no way for these to disappear by themselves.