Thyroid: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Your Metabolism and your Thyroid

Your metabolism is literally the most vital part of you. When you take in food, metabolism is the process by which it is converted into energy that keeps your body ticking along. This process is controlled by a few all-important hormones (T4 and T3), and those hormones are created by the thyroid.

The Thyroid

Wrapped around your windpipe is a small butterfly-shaped organ—described thus because it is smaller in the center and flares out into two wide wings at its ends. These wings are wrapped around the side of your throat.

Your thyroid gland makes hormones that are necessary to control many vital functions of your body.

Risk Factors

Just about anyone—male, female, children, seniors. It can be congenital, i.e. from birth; or it can develop with age. Women are generally more vulnerable, especially post-menopause. High-risk factors include:

· History of thyroid disease in the family

· Medicines that are high in iodine

Symptoms—Hyperthyroidism

· Disrupted sleep

· Anxiety, irritability, and nervousness

· Unexplained weight loss

· Goiter—a large mass on the neck.

· Enlarged thyroid gland

· Tremors, general weakness

· Irregular periods or absence of periods

· Overly sensitive to heat

· Vision problems

Symptoms—Hypothyroidism

· Fatigue

· Weight gain

· Mental fog

· Frequent, long-lasting and/or heavy periods

· Change in voice—hoarseness

· Oversensitivity to cold (temperature)

Diabetes and Thyroid Problems

People with diabetes—especially type 1 diabetes are at a higher risk of developing thyroid disease than people without diabetes.

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