"Mild hypothyroidism" refers to a condition where the thyroid gland doesn't produce enough thyroid hormones. This can lead to some mild symptoms such as fatigue, weight gain, and feeling cold. It is considered mild because the symptoms are not severe and usually do not significantly impact a person's daily life.
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In fact, these days it's very common for someone to be diagnosed
with mild hypothyroidism even if all their results are within the range.
Another study of young women with
mild hypothyroidism showed increased feelings of depression, which were also connected to decreased satisfaction with their sex lives (18).
In one study, thyroid hormone replacement improved depression in patients
with mild hypothyroidism, compared to a placebo (19).
Studies have found that fermented papaya can reduce oxidative stress in the elderly and people with prediabetes,
mild hypothyroidism and liver disease (5, 6, 7, 8).
Fatigue and
mild hypothyroidism are common symptoms.
Mild hypothyroidism may cause no symptoms.
When a gland is still present, it may still be providing some thyroid hormone, but the thyroid's hormone production may fluctuate, shifting a patient from mild hyperthyroidism to
mild hypothyroidism, and causing fluctuating blood test levels and changes to more frequent changes to medication dosage.
In very early or
mild hypothyroidism, TSH will be high but T4 may be normal.
I recently went off my thyroid medication since I only have
mild hypothyroidism but I don't further decrease my thyroid production through this detox
I was in my mid 40s and suffering a lot of these problems described in the article, and while I always had, and still do have,
mild hypothyroidism, all of my doctors dismissed my newer, stronger complaints by saying that everything I was describing was due to being in perimenopause, but actually I DID have a brain tumor, which I had had to live with, with no treatment, for 2 years while my doctors brushed aside my complaints.