Painful hair/scalp

[tvellepern]

I am wondering if anyone knows of some product to help a painful scalp. Sometimes I feel little painful bumps on my scalp and sometimes I think it is the area where the hair grows out of the scalp. Is this caused by Hashimoto's and is there a cure? I take 100 mcg Thyroxine tablets 6x per week. I would be grateful for any help.

[LyraBelasqua]

Have you had your vitamin D levels checked? I seem to remember reading something that linked low vitamin D levels to painful scalps, but can't remember where.

[Flynzer]

I have the same problem, dry, itchy scalp with bumps. I thought it was one more weird symptom to deal with. Doctor prescribed Dandrazol which stops the irritation for a while but I never had dandruff.

[Lora7again]

Do you have any hair loss? When my scalp was itchy and sore my hair was falling out by the hundreds. You do seem to be on quite a low dose of Levothyroxine, do you feel well on that dose? The reason I ask is my Dad is on 100mcg a day because he is classed as elderly at 78.

[tvellepern in reply to Lora7again]

Thank you for replying. Yes my hair is falling out and I am in my seventies as well.

[HighlandMo]

Changing to organic shampoo sorted me but my head was more itchy/sore

[tvellepern in reply to HighlandMo]

Thanks for the information. I will try organic shampoo

[pamgarner]

it sounds like shingles,my aunt just had it on her head,she said it was very painful and her husband looked and told her she had shingles then went to hospital for treatment

[tvellepern in reply to pamgarner]

Thanks for your thoughts. I have been immunized for the shingles so don't think that is it.

[nightingale-56]

My Husband had a mild dose of shingles just after he had the vaccination. A friend also had a nasty ase as well, even in her eye. I steered clear of the vaccination when my turn came to have it!

[pamgarner]

best to you,hope you can find out soon

[Achilles_Pain]

That's one of the symptoms I get when my thyroid is throwing wobblies. I have dozens which come and go at the same time, which is why I think they're all thyroid related and slight increases to my dose have cleared it in the past. By slight I mean an extra 25 mcg one day a week, which worked for a year or so before I had to increase to an extra 25 two days a week (my prescription was 75/day, I took 75 six days, 100 one day) and so on. I kept the GP informed and she was happy with my approach. Although I've now reached the point I've just been upped to 100/day by the GP due to returning/increasing symptoms.