This Saturday's Express had an article on hypothryoidism!
There's probably little worth reading but knowing that it had been noticed and published is why I am posting.
The 'common' disorder that could lead to severe muscle pain and fatigue – hypothyroidism
HYPOTHYROIDISM is "very common", Doctor Nirusa Kumaran told Express.co.uk. In an exclusive interview, the doctor revealed the warning signs, the health risks, and how your diet can play a role.
By Chanel Georgina
04:00, Sat, May 7, 2022
Dr Kumaran is welcome at my surgery any day!
She sounds wonderful. Looking at her website it was her personal health struggles that led her to taking a functional medicine approach to thyroid care. It’s usually those doctors that suffer from the condition themselves that can best serve their patients.
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Thank you for sharing.
Thanks helvella and - again - we hope those at the 'top of the tree' listen/read about disabling symptoms that can easily be relieved if on the right hormone replacements for hypo patients.
Just wanted to add, yes it is an annoying tabloid newspaper but this article does have some useful information. For people who don’t have much of an awareness of thyroid issues and what to do it’s a good starting point. It will help increase awareness from a functional medicine perspective amongst the general public. We can always hope!
At least muscle pain is recognised! I’ve been told by my GP and Endo that this is not caused by hypothyroidism 😖
Early 2019 I had the most awful horrendous back spasms. Could not stand, shuffled to toilet with two stick and in so much pain. At the time I was taking NatureThroid (which I had been taking quite successfully for many years). I contacted doctor who arranged for a blood test, (me needing extra strong pain killers for this). The results were TSH 1.8 (risen from 0.01), and T4 and T3 below range. GP told me it was not my thyroid as I was within TSH range. I doubt she even bothered to think about the fact it had risen. However I took some straight T3 and within an hour or so the pain went completely. In records doctor had put "back strain" even though she was told about the T3. I had not done anything to cause back strain but she never asked any questions before coming to her diagnosis. I have not gone back to NDT just taking T3 and T4 and have not had a problem since.
Yes, helvella , article good for drawing attention.
Confirming pain from thyroid damage.
Always believed damage from an accident-caused back injury was the cause of my days of post-exercise pain.
Thanks to information shared on this website, I now know it was damage from a subsequent dye test; firstly, causing hyperthyroidism and then, hypothyroidism.
Hypothyroidism and muscle weakness
T3 and muscle pain
Muscle pain/fatigue and weakness
