Head injury can lead to Hypopituitarism-can affect thyroid!

[tegz]

Catch this BBC audio while you can. Relevant bit starts at 19 mins in.

bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rr37c

& Yes, I had a bad bang on a car door [top corner], 7 years ago and have problems still - could well be related.

Another neglected area, sadly - but info is power!

[Hidden]

Im going to listen, thanks for this

[whackythyroid]

Hi Tegz, Thanks for this, it will be interesting to listen too. Funnily enough I had a bad bang to my head not long before all of my problems started too

[helvella Administrator Thyroid UK]

Our member headinjuryhypo (profile is bare so no idea if she has come with us to the new site - I do hope so) most definitely said that.

Have at look at her site:

headinjuryhypo.org.uk/

Rod

[tegz in reply to helvella]

Same old obscuration , Rod - from NICE.

When my head injury was written up by NURSE, not a Dr. in health Centre the headaches I reported were written up as NOT occuring.

I only noticed this error much later

Hard to beat a conjuring trick[ mistake] like that.

I hope I've overcome the worst effects- but the hormonal backlash persists some years later.

One can only sympathise with the parents in this case. Very similar stone walling from the health establishment as in Thyroid problems.

PS: My hope is that with my TSH rising that's at least an indication that pituitary is working -but that's only one of 8 hormornal paths [per the article]...

[Jane104]

That's really interesting. Don't think I'd heard of that before and it's the first thing that makes any sense of my own history. I'd heard of whiplash causing problems but not head injury. In the clip though the doctor talks about going for a blood test first thing in the morning, but to test for what? Is there a specific test that checks pituitary function? Routine thyroid tests didn't pick up a problem for years in my case because they usually only checked TSH which was 'normal' or 'borderline' with low T4. I assume the treatment would be the same in any case - I'd just like to prove to my endo that I do actually have a problem!

[Hidden in reply to Jane104]

Hi Janericat, do you have any links on whiplash and thyroid? I've had whiplash 3 times in the past 8 years. The first time was the worst, and I was pregnant which I think loosens your muscles as well? I seem to have a definite weakness there now.

H x

[Jane104 in reply to Hidden]

I don't sorry, it's not something I've looked into but I've seen whiplash/neck injury listed as a possible cause of hypothyroidism. I'm sure if you do a search on the web there will be something.