the field of thyroid disease is the second largest endocrine disease, but, due to public awareness of thyroid disease, low, only 5% receive regular treatment related. In fact, the term does not accept the targeted treatment of thyroid disease on the body great harm.

to hypothyroidism, for example, because the early symptoms of mild hypothyroidism, the disease often allow patients to be confused with other diseases, even without knowing the existence of the disease, did not check correctly and treatment. Accumulate over time, will further increase the dangers of hypothyroidism, resulting in decreased heart rate, blood lipid disorders, constipation, depression is more obvious symptoms, and even the formation of organic disease organism, resulting in more body functions more serious disorder and disease.

women in particular, need greater attention from the thyroid gland. In the crowd, every 6 months there will be a female may suffer from hypothyroidism. In the medical sense, hypothyroidism, high risk women over the age of 35 groups. Since the early hypothyroidism may start from some mild symptoms, allowing them to mental malaise, body function disorders, and even women of reproductive age can result in normal pregnancy and childbirth. At this stage, if still not detected and treated, hypothyroidism will eventually lead to myocardial infarction, heart, kidney and other organ failure and fluid greatly increases the risk, even in the elderly cognitive obstacles.

more importantly, thyroid disease on pregnancy in women and their significant negative impact on future generations. Mothers for the early pregnancy, fetal hypothyroidism may increase premature birth, stillbirth, fetal intelligence and stunted growth, and the risk of placental abruption occurred. Has been safely in pregnancy, new mothers enjoy the joy of the time, the new mother within one year after giving birth is facing a high risk of postpartum thyroiditis. Therefore, the correct understanding of thyroid disease, harm, early detection of possible thyroid problem itself, and early acceptance of standardized treatment, the women's overall health maintenance, is undoubtedly of vital importance.

to suspect that he might have hypothyroidism symptoms, or have been confirmed for all types of thyroid disease patients, only need to tell a doctor to conduct a laboratory examination of thyrotropin, will be able to get a scientific diagnosis of thyroid function, and under the guidance of a doctor for further in-depth treatment.

Hypothyroidism Checklist

(If you have question and answer the questions below, there are more than five or five “yes”, please tell the doctor your symptoms , it is possible you are suffering from hypothyroidism.)

1. I am weak, often drowsy, lack of physical strength and energy are

2. my brain thinking slow, difficult to focus attention, memory loss, my actions and reactions slower

3. My weight was

4. my skin becomes dry, my nails become very brittle, gray, easy to break

5. I often feel cold (even if other people feel very comfortable when the same is true)

6. I have many negative thinking, feeling depressed depression

7. My gut function and metabolism, seem to have run slower and sometimes constipation

8. I felt the muscles and bones stiff pain, my hands felt numb

9. My blood pressure or heart rate slowed down

10. my cholesterol level increased

Note: If Your answer has more than five or five “yes”, please can contact a doctor TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) blood test.

(taken from the Canadian “star of life”)