What causes hypothyroidism

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Hypothyroidism is characterized by slow onset and nonspecific symptoms. It is often ignored by patients and their families and cannot be diagnosed and treated early. Hypothyroidism should be differentiated from nephropathy, anemia, idiopathic edema, sleep apnea syndrome, acromegaly and depression. What causes hypothyroidism.

What causes hypothyroidism

First: hypothyroidism patients are more common in women, often with more menstrual volume, long menstrual period, resulting in excessive blood loss, at the same time, low appetite, malnutrition aggravate anemia, and anemia is very common in middle-aged women, not easy to cause attention, anemia patients are often accompanied by cold, anorexia, fatigue and other symptoms, so many hypothyroidism is often misdiagnosed as anemia for a long time, and can not get timely diagnosis Break and treat. Hypothyroidism patients gain weight, slow reaction and memory loss due to retention of water and sodium. These are different from simple anemia * hypothyroidism and elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) are the characteristic manifestations of primary hypothyroidism.

Second *: hypothyroidism patients are characterized by edema or weight gain due to retention of water and sodium, and some patients are also positive for urinary protein. Therefore, they are often considered to be renal or idiopathic edema without proper diagnosis and treatment. Hypothyroidism patients often have low metabolism, such as fear of cold, low appetite, rough skin, slow heart rate and constipation, except for edema. Laboratory examination is not difficult to differentiate diagnosis.

Third: hypothyroidism patients with water and sodium retention increase tongue growth, hoarseness, hand and foot increases, sometimes mistaken for acromegaly, but hypothyroidism patients normal serum growth hormone levels, most of the patients pituitary is not large, a small number of long-term hypothyroidism patients pituitary * only slightly increased. The symptoms of hypothyroidism, such as fear of cold, constipation and slow heart rate, are different from those of acromegaly.

matters needing attention

Hypothyroidism occurs more frequently in the elderly. With the increase of age, the incidence rate of hypothyroidism is also increasing. Some hypothyroidism has caused some elderly people to be melancholy. Hypothyroidism patients can not achieve satisfactory curative effect by simple antidepressant treatment. The elderly with depression need to consider hypothyroidism, and thyroid hormone determination can get satisfactory results.