Chronic Fatigue, Anxiety, Mood Changes – Can’t Lose Weight? It Could Be Your Thyroid

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Thyroid Gland and Weight Loss

Chronic Fatigue, tiredness, mood changes and weight gain can be caused by hormones.

If your hormones are not ‘in balance’ then you can find yourself experiencing symptoms such depression, headaches, insomnia, chronic fatigue, weight gain and you may struggle to lose weight naturally.

Thyroid disease is one of the most common hormonal disorders, after insulin resistance and diabetes. The majority of women with thyroid imbalance have hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid). A small minority has hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid).

The problem is that symptoms of low thyroid function are often mistaken for depression, signs of ageing, or are not identified as in the case with Carolyn, Bev and Val.  Click Here to read their journey with fatigue.

Common thyroid Condition linked to chronic fatigue.

 

What does your thyroid do and how does it cause chronic fatigue?

Your thyroid – a small butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of your neck – controls the functioning of every cell, organ and gland in your body. In addition, your thyroid regulates these functions:

The use of oxygen in all tissues, The rate of repair of damaged of diseased tissues, Your blood sugar levels by controlling the release of glucose (sugar) from the liver to the bloodstream, Electrolyte and water balance in the cells and body, Your circulatory system, The energy and strength of the muscles, The speed of the impulse going to nerves Your libido Your fat metabolism Weight loss.

Four main hormones produced by your thyroid gland directly affect your metabolism and body fat.

There are thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine/levo-thyroxin (T4), and calcitonin (used in calcium metabolism).

What is a goiter?

The term Goiter refers to the abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland

It is important to know that the presence of a goiter does not necessarily mean that the thyroid gland is malfunctioning. A goiter can occur in a gland that is producing too much hormone (hyperthyroidism), too little hormone (hypothyroidism), or the correct amount of hormone (euthyroidism).

A goiter indicates there is a condition present which is causing the thyroid to grow abnormally.

Although your thyroid gland secretes and regulates these hormones, about 80% of the body’s T3 is produced outside the thyroid gland, in the liver, by chemical modification of thyroxine or T4.

Hypothyroid women gain weight and find it difficult to lose weight because (i) their T4 is not being converted by the liver to the metabolically active form of T3 or (ii) the converted T3 hormones is not getting to the cellular level of the body – meaning that they are producing it, but their body can’t use it.

Although most conventional practitioners only test for the inactive T4 hormone level, it is important to remember that active T3 thyroid hormone works inside every cell of the body – not only in the blood. If T3 isn’t available at the cellular level, then those cells can’t function properly. The T4 blood test does not test for this, but taking your body temperature does! I personally believe that your body temperature is the single best test of your thyroid function.

If you feel that your hormones could be making you gain weight and causing fatigue, take my quick hormonal test online click here

Symptoms of low thyroid function causing chronic fatigue

Every cell and tissue in your body is affected by hypothyroidism and deficient levels of the active T3 thyroid hormone can produce one or more of the following symptoms:

weight gain, chronic fatigue, weakness, constipation, shortness of breath, depression,

irritability, poor memory, difficulty concentrating, intolerance to cold, low body temperature,

dry coarse hair/dry skin, hair loss, muscle or joint pain and stiffness, headaches,

decreased libido, slow weight loss and elevated cholesterol or triglycerides.

Sadly, many hypothyroid symptoms are frequently dismissed by physicians as being a normal part of ageing, psychological problem, overwork, or some other condition.

As a result, thyroid tests are never performed and the patient never receives the proper medical treatment they require.

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