HEALTHY AND FITNESS

Subtle Symptoms Of A Thyroid Problem Hard To Ignore Despite, a significant number of people with thyroid deficiency, routine blood tests do not detect thyroid hormone deficiency, leaving patients without an exact explanation for their symptoms.   Problems with estrogen and testosterone, the body's main sex hormones, tend to arouse wide public interest. However, we should pay more attention to a much more common endocrine disorder: abnormal thyroid hormone levels. Thyroid disorders can affect a wide range of bodily functions and lead to a confusing and often misdiagnosed array of symptoms.   Symptoms vary from person to person and can appear slowly so that they are not detected or suddenly. Experts believe that 40 to 60 percent of people with thyroid disease do not know they have it. However, even in subclinical disorders, proper diagnosis and relatively simple treatment of abnormal thyroid levels can improve quality of life.   Functions of Thyroid Gland The thyro...

Obesity and Thyroid Disorder Even though an under-active thyroid may lead to weight gain and even obesity, in some cases, there is evidence that obesity itself can potentially lead to thyroid dysfunction. Since weight loss frequently will lead to a normalization of the TSH, there is evidence that an increased TSH can be a consequence of obesity. The abnormality  of thyroid hormones is responsible for weight gain since they control body metabolism. Several studies have reported a positive correlation between increased BMI and thyroid conditions. It is clear that hypothyroidism can cause obesity, but the phenomenon of how obese people are more prone to thyroid-related conditions is still not well understood. Another factor that can be the link between obesity and thyroid disorder is the leptin-a starvation hormone (the hormone made by adipose cells which also influences TSH release). Leptin a hormone that is produced by adipocytes (fat cells) regulates the energy balance by...