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Summary: When the thyroid is not producing enough thyroid hormone, people tend to gain weight, become constipated, have hair that dries out and skin that gets dry. Discover how dry hair becomes unmanageable for many women who have an under-active thyroid with help from a physician in this free video on thyroid disease.
Dr. David Cathcart has been a physician at Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Mo. for over 20 years. He operates the occupational medicine clinic.read more
"Hi! I'm Dr. David Cathcart. I am a family practice physician at Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, Missouri, and I've been asked to talk to you today about thyroid disease. Symptoms of low thyroid is when your thyroid is not producing enough thyroid hormone, people tend to gain weight, they tend to become constipated. Another symptom of thyroid disease that's kind of interesting is in lots of times I'll ask my patients if I'm starting to think along the lines with thyroid disorder is, how has your hair been to manage? Because in women they'll typically find that their hair, that they can't fix their hair. It won't stay right anymore because the hair is so dried out from low thyroid. So, those are signs and the symptoms of thyroid disease, the skin get dry, you tend to get overweight, you tend to get constipated and your hair gets unmanageable. Now, that's typically the symptoms of low functioning thyroid. This is Dr. Cathcart and thanks for letting me talk to you about thyroid disorders."
eHow Article: Symptoms of Low Thyroid Disease
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