Additionally, the study showed that 50 % of people
with hypothyroidism reported that their skin had gotten worse over the past year.
Another study found that 60 percent of patients
with hypothyroidism reported symptoms of depression, while 63 percent reported symptoms of anxiety.
64 % of women and 57 % of men
with hypothyroidism report feelings of depression.
Not exact matches
One case
report in the New England Journal of Medicine highlighted the story of an 88 - year - old woman who showed up to the ER
with hypothyroidism after eating about 2 or 3 pounds of bok choy a day — but, as Ilic points out, «that's not a normal amount.»
Long - term studies have
reported hyperthyroidism,
hypothyroidism, increased thyroid autoimmunity and Hashimoto's disease in patients
with multiple sclerosis who use interferon.
Hypothyroidism affects women much more frequently than men
with some
reports saying anywhere from 5 to 8 times more (1).
In contrast, Dr. Alexander Haskell (author of «Hope for Hashimoto's») and Dr. Mark Starr (author of «
Hypothyroidism Type II»),
report that for some patients, natural thyroid formulations from animal thyroids, such as Armour ®, may be perpetuating the autoimmune attack due to containing thyroglobulin and TPO, and they only recommend compounded and synthetic thyroid medications for people
with Hashimoto's (6,7).
Other researchers have also
reported high incidences of test results consistent
with central
hypothyroidism.
Theoretically, lemonbalm could suppress the thyroid, but no cases have been
reported of worsening symptoms
with hypothyroidism.
The medical community still largely denies that Hashimoto's can cause problematic symptoms in the absence of
hypothyroidism, even when scores of patients
report that they feel ill
with a TSH in the normal range.
Patients more often
reporting loss of libido are those
with hypothyroidism.
Of the 1,991 Flat - Coated Retrievers involved in the 1997 Health Survey, 3.9 % of the males and 6 % of the females were
reported with hypothyroidism.
Editors Note: Only one
report of suspected Congenital
Hypothyroidism With Goiter has been received.
Congenital secondary
hypothyroidism (associated
with clinical signs of disproportionate dwarfism, lethargy, gait abnormalities, and constipation) has been
reported in Giant Schnauzers, Toy Fox Terriers, and Scottish Deerhounds.