Puffy under eyes

[Izzywizzy124]

Hi, I’ve had hypothyroid for approximately the past 5 years. Since around November I’ve had really puffy undereyes/cheekbone areas, especially in the mornings when I wake. My eyes have also been slightly more watery than normal I’d say. Initially I thought I’d had a reactivation of a childhood Epstein-Barr infection but blood tests drew a -ve on this. I’ve now started wondering if it’s related to my thyroid. I don’t have detailed blood results as I haven’t had my annual private full-panel done yet (it’s due next month) but my most recent TSH from December was 0.5 (0.27-4.2 range). Just wondered if anyone had any experience of this under eye puffiness and whether it could be related to thyroid. I don’t have any eye bulging or anything like that but this puffiness looks horrible, I look so tired and it’s getting me down.

Thank you

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

Yes this can be a hypothyroid symptoms, it's called periorbital oedema. There are other causes though and as you probably know a TSH result alone isn't going to tell us much about how well your thyroid treatent is doing. Best get those private tests run to include FT3 and full vitamin profile.

healthline.com/health/perio...

[Izzywizzy124 in reply to Jaydee1507]

thank you, I think you’re right and I need to get the full panel and go from there…