Comments on: What are some thyroid symptoms? What is the procedure for getting it checked?

By: Pisceswoman

Pisceswoman — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:24:12 +0000

You are referring to hypothyroidism. It certainly sounds as if you have some of the symptoms of it but obviously only your doctor can tell for sure. It can be confirmed through blood tests. Here is a link that will help you further:
Hope this helps to answer your questions!

By: Kelsey K

Kelsey K — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:54:59 +0000

I recently was diagnosed with a thyroid disease. I would sleep about 16 hours a day and was tired all the time. Not being able to loose weight could be due to a hypo active thyroid. You will the really cranky and if it is really bad it could hurt when people touch you and easily bruise. Also increased sensitivity to cold, constipation, puffy face, hoarse voice. These are some possible symptoms. All you need to do to get it checked is a blood test. There are different level tests so make sure they do the secondary with the T3, T4, and TSH and so on. Even if you don’t have these symptoms I would get checked, because when they found the thyroid problem I only had the sleepiness. You should go to your doctor and get your thyroid checked if you think it is a possibility, if you let it go untreated for to long it can make you really sick. All you have to do is take a pill every day.

Your sleepiness could also be sleep apnea, so if your thyroid comes back normal look into that.

Also if it comes back normal one day get it checked again because it can be normal one day and not normal the next.

Hope this helps!

By: Momsey

Momsey — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:58 +0000

There are 2 main types of thyroid problems: hypothyroidism (underactive) and hyperthyroidism (overactive).

The first diagnostic step is bloodwork to check your thyroid hormone levels (T3, T4, TSH, Free T3, Free T4 etc) and your thyroid antibodies.

Best of luck!