| ent"> Reading all kinds of articles people often | | | | thinking that any woman complains about weight loss, |
| wonder if they are affected by any health problem. | | | | fatigue or hair loss. Coincidentally or not these |
| Patient’s problem is that they are looking too | | | | symptoms seem to be the symptoms encountered |
| much into their symptoms in order to make a | | | | with post-partum hypothyroidism. It is also true that |
| diagnosis fit. Self diagnosis is not recommended | | | | these symptoms may be the cause of lack of sleep |
| because only a specialist may realize, after monitoring | | | | or exercise but a medical exam is recommended to |
| the patient, what is he suffering of. | | | | see if it is not thyroid disease, a much more severe |
| The common symptoms do not allow, not even the | | | | problem. |
| specialists, to automatically suggest thyroid disease, | | | | We should also mention that like other autoimmune |
| so we might say that for a normal patient it is | | | | diseases Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis and Graves |
| impossible to tell. In thyroid the symptoms are similar | | | | ’ disease appear in most of the cases during |
| to the symptoms occurred in other health problems | | | | or after stressful periods. Autoimmune thyroid |
| so doctors need to investigate in order to tell a | | | | problems mostly are following these periods of |
| proper diagnosis. | | | | mental or physical stress. |
| Most of the people think the symptoms are normal. | | | | After the age of 35 most specialists advise people to |
| They think that they have a certain age and anxiety | | | | have thyroid testing. If nothing is discovered at that |
| is a common thing at their age. Lack of exercise is | | | | age we should not stop from seeing a doctor for at |
| believed to lead to gaining a few pounds. While most | | | | least once a year. Recent studies noticed that thyroid |
| of the people think this is the way it has to be a | | | | disease is more and more often seen. As an example |
| small part of them visits a doctor. This move could | | | | we may say that more than 13 million Americans may |
| help in discovering not only thyroid, but other health | | | | have thyroid disease without even knowing. Even |
| problems too. | | | | though it is known that the number of undiagnosed |
| For example we have to say that women that have | | | | people is increasing the recommendation for thyroid |
| just given birth are at risk for hypothyroidism. | | | | testing has not been generally followed. |
| Symptoms occur but women consider them normal | | | | |