Contents:
- Medical Video: Hypothyroid Medication Choices
- Hypothyroidism is a type of metabolic disorder. What is the reason?
- Symptoms of hyperthyroidism are similar to not feeling well
- 1. Easy to get tired
- 2. It's easy to chill / shiver
- 3. Joint and muscle pain
- 4. Constipation
- Sudden weight gain
- Baldness
- Disorders of the skin
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Depression
Medical Video: Hypothyroid Medication Choices
The weather in Indonesia lately is quite troubling. A moment of heat, briefly a rainstorm. The weather is not like this often too makes the body feels devastated. For a moment, the flu, feverish tomorrow, yesterday caught a cold.
Even though it's normal to feel unwell sometimes, but also pay attention to the duration of your symptoms - as well as other symptoms that might follow. If you are prolonged without signs of improvement, be aware of the condition of hypothyroidism and try to consult a doctor.
Hypothyroidism is a type of metabolic disorder. What is the reason?
Metabolism is an important process in producing the energy we need to move. This process involves a hormonal reaction from several glands in the body, one of which is the thyroid gland. Although the gland does not work alone, but a decrease in activity of the thyroid gland has enough influence on the body.
The thyroid gland is a small glandular organ located in the lower neck. The hormone produced from this gland will enter the bloodstream and affect almost all parts of the body, especially the heart, brain, muscles and skin. The hormone produced regulates how body cells use energy from food or metabolic processes.
Hypothyroidism is a metabolic disorder due to a decrease in the activity of the thyroid gland in producing hormones, causing the body to degenerate to start the metabolic process. This occurs when the thyroid gland does not respond thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) that is produced optimally in the pitutari gland to produce thyroid hormones. As a result the body will experience hypothyroidism.
The main cause of hypothyroidism is thyroiditis or also known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis due to an autoimmune disorder that attacks the thyroid gland. Thyroiditis can also be triggered due to a viral infection. Hypothyroidism is a fairly common disorder because the causes are varied and can be experienced by anyone.
Other causes that are closely related to hypothyroidism are:
- The radiation effect of therapy on the neck
- Radioactive iodine treatment - a side effect of hypertoridism treatment
- Treatment that suppresses the activity of the thyroid gland - such as heart medicine, psychiatry and cancer
- The act of removing part of the tirioid gland
- Iodine deficiency from food - such as sea fish, dairy products and eggs
- Decreased transient thyroid gland triggered by pregnancy (postpartum thyroiditis)
- Congenital birth which causes the thyroid gland to be imperfect (congenital hypothyroidism)
- Disorders of the hypothalamus and pitutari glands - both of which produce hormones that trigger the activity of the thyroid gland
Symptoms of hyperthyroidism are similar to not feeling well
The following are some of the most common symptoms of hypothyrodism:
1. Easy to get tired
Feeling tired all the time can be a sign of lack of thyroid hormone.
One function of thyroid hormone is regulating the body's coordination and energy balance, as well as regulating the body's biological clock to move and rest. That is why people with hypothyroidism tend to always feel less fit despite getting enough sleep. Often tired for no reason is a common symptom for someone who does not have a good metabolism, or as a result of hypothyroidism.
2. It's easy to chill / shiver
In healthy people, the metabolic process will occur continuously even when not physically active. Along with this, the body will also produce heat as a derivative product of the metabolic process.
Decreasing metabolic performance due to hypothyroidism causes body heat to decrease and causes the body to be more sensitive to cold temperatures. As a result you are more easily cold or shivering.
3. Joint and muscle pain
When the body's metabolism decreases, the body produces energy through the process of catabolism. Where the process causes decomposition of body tissues. This causes the period and muscle strength to decrease which eventually causes a person to become weak. Pain in the joints and muscles that appear suddenly can also be caused by the catabolism process.
4. Constipation
Constipation is a common symptom of hypothyroidism. Decreased thyroid hormone levels also affect the activity of various body muscles, including intestinal muscles in digesting food. The condition of hypothyroidism causes the intestinal muscles not to work normally so that the intestines digest food longer.
A number of other symptoms that may be less common than hypothyroidism are:
Sudden weight gain
People with hypothyroidism are more obese than healthy people not only because they tend to move less. Metabolic disorders experienced by them cause the liver, muscles, and fat to hold more calories.
Hypothyroidism causes a decrease in metabolism so that calories from food ingredients are stored in the form of fat, rather than being burned to produce energy and the process of organ growth. That is why hypothyrodism can cause obesity in someone even though the number of calories eaten is not excessive.
Baldness
Like other cells, hair follicles are also affected by thyroid hormones. However follicular cells tend to be more sensitive to decreased levels of thyroid hormones because they have a shorter life span before regeneration. Hypothyroidism causes hair follicles to stop growing and can eventually cause baldness if hypothyroidism is not overcome. Baldness will improve if thyroid hormone levels return to normal.
Disorders of the skin
As the first protective layer, skin cells will quickly regenerate. Hypothyroidism is the mastermind behind the stagnation of the skin regeneration process so that the layers of dead skin accumulate, causing the skin to become dry and rough. Damage to the thyroid gland caused by autoimmune disease can also cause the skin surface to swell and become reddish or known as myxedema.
Carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a form of peripheral nerve damage due to lack of thyroid hormone. However, it is not known overall how hypothyroidism causes this condition. Hypothyroidism is known to cause retention or retention of fluids in certain tissues that have an impact on the peripheral nerve. Signs if someone experiences this are pain, a burning sensation, numbness, and tingling in the part of the nerve that is damaged.
Depression
It is not known exactly how hypothyroidism can cause depression. But the possibility of depression is a mental side effect due to a lack of energy produced from metabolism. Moreover, fluctuations in thyroid hormones such as postpartum also contribute to postpartum depression.
